Method for generating a scan protocol of a workpiece

A method comprising:

• during a first time period:
• driving a set of actuators to traverse an optical sensor along a scan axis over the first workpiece;
• via the optical sensor, capturing a first series of scan data according to a first set of scan parameters characterized by a first resolution;
• assembling the first series of scan data into a first virtual model of the first workpiece;
• calculating a first error metric, representing differences between the first virtual model and a baseline virtual model, in a first region of the first virtual model;
• in response to the first error metric of the first region exceeding an error threshold:
• defining a second set of scan parameters associated with a second resolution greater than the first resolution;
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• assigning the second set of scan parameters to the first region of the first workpiece;
• defining a scan protocol characterized by a second time period, less than the first time period, based on the first set of scan parameters and the second set of scan parameters;
• executing the scan protocol by:
• driving the set of actuators to traverse the optical sensor along the scan axis over a second workpiece, approximating the first workpiece, loaded into the work zone;
• and
• via the optical sensor:
• capturing a second series of scan data according to the first set of scan parameters while traversing a second region on the second workpiece;
• and
• capturing a third series of scan data according to the second set of scan parameters while traversing a third region of the second workpiece, the third region of the second workpiece approximating the first region of the first workpiece and distinct from the second region on the second workpiece;
• and
• assembling the second series of scan data and the third series of scan data into a second virtual model of the second workpiece;
• and
• generating a first toolpath for the second workpiece based on the second virtual model.

A method comprising:

• prior to execution of a scan protocol:
• driving a set of actuators to traverse an optical sensor along a scan axis over the first workpiece;
• accessing a series of scan data captured by the optical sensor according to the first set of scan parameters characterized by a first resolution;
• assembling the first series of scan data into a first virtual model of the first workpiece;
• detecting a first virtual hole, defining absence of scan data, in a first region of the first virtual model;
• in response to identifying absence of a real hole in the first region of the first workpiece, corresponding to the first virtual hole, defining a second set of scan parameters, for the first region, associated with a second resolution greater than the first resolution;
• and
• defining a scan protocol based on the first set of scan parameters and the second set of scan parameters;
• and
• executing the scan protocol by:
• driving the set of actuators to traverse the optical sensor along the scan axis over a second workpiece, approximating the first workpiece, loaded into the work zone;
• capturing a second series of scan data according to the first set of scan parameters while traversing a second region on the second workpiece;
• capturing a third series of scan data according to the second set of scan parameters while traversing a third region of the second workpiece, the third region of the second workpiece approximating the first region of the first workpiece and distinct from the second region on the second workpiece;
• and
• assembling the second series of scan data and the third series of scan data into a second virtual model of the second workpiece.