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US 2024/0198537 A1Published application
Systems and methods for automated processing of a workpiece
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsLisa A. Cardon, Joshua A. Babst, Alan S. Locke, Michelle Crivella, Eric Reid
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Abstract
A system for processing a workpiece includes a robotic manipulator and an end effector coupled to a working end of the robotic manipulator. The end effector includes a machine tool and an end-effector vacuum clamp that is coupled to the machine tool. The end effector is releasably coupleable to a surface of the workpiece. A processing force is reacted through the end effector and to the workpiece.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a robotic manipulator comprising a working end;
- and
- an end effector coupled to the working end of the robotic manipulator,
- wherein:
- the end effector comprises:
- a machine tool;
- and
- an end-effector vacuum clamp coupled to the machine tool;
- the end effector is releasably coupleable to a surface of a workpiece;
- and
- a processing force is reacted through the end effector and to the workpiece.
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An end effector comprising:
- a machine tool;
- and
- an end-effector vacuum clamp coupled to the machine tool,
- wherein:
- the end-effector vacuum clamp is releasably coupleable to a surface of a workpiece;
- and
- a processing force is reacted through the end effector and into the workpiece.
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A method for processing a workpiece, the method comprising steps of:
- positioning an end effector relative to a processing location on a surface of the workpiece;
- coupling the end effector to the surface of the workpiece;
- processing the workpiece at the processing location using a machine tool of the end effector;
- and
- reacting a processing force through the end effector and to the workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.