Automated liquid adhesive dispensing using linear modeling and optimization

A system comprising:

• a robot within a manufacturing environment configured to, using at least one process parameter, dispense one or more linear beads of a liquid adhesive representative of a target complex dispense path onto a surface of a substrate, the bead extending along a longitudinal axis and having a bead shape transverse to the longitudinal axis based on the at least one process parameter;
• a measuring device within the manufacturing environment configured to measure, via one-dimensional scan, at a plurality of discrete positions along the longitudinal axis of the linear beads, at least one characteristic of the bead shape;
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• a processor communicatively coupled to the measuring device configured to:
• adjust, based on one or more response surface profiles and the at least one characteristic of the bead shape, the at least one process parameter;
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• cause the robot to dispense the liquid adhesive using the target complex dispense path and the at least one of adjusted process parameter.