Robotic system and method of controlling thereof
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsPatrick William Lewis, Arnab Paul
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Abstract
A robotic system includes a robotic arm having an end effector to move a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location, a first sensor attached to the end effector, and a processor communicably coupled to the first sensor. The processor is provided to actuate the end effector to lift an article from the first location, receive a first input from the first sensor in response to the end effector lifting the article from the first location, calculate a mass of the article based at least on the first input, and control a speed and acceleration of movement of the robotic arm towards the second location, based on the calculated mass of the article. Methods of controlling the robotic system are also disclosed.
Claims20
A robotic system comprising:
- a robotic arm comprising an end effector configured to move a plurality of articles from a first location to a second location;
- a first sensor attached to the end effector;
- and
- a processor communicably coupled to the first sensor, the processor configured to:
- actuate the end effector to lift an article from the first location;
- receive a first input from the first sensor in response to the end effector lifting the article from the first location;
- calculate a mass of the article based at least on the first input;
- and
- control a speed and acceleration of movement of the robotic arm towards the second location, based on the calculated mass of the article.
A method of controlling a robotic system, the method comprising:
- actuating, by a processor, an end effector of a robotic arm of the robotic system to lift an article from a first location, wherein the end effector is configured to move a plurality of articles from the first location to a second location;
- receiving, by the processor, a first input from a first sensor in response to the end effector lifting the article from the first location, wherein the first sensor is attached to the end effector;
- calculating, by the processor, a mass of the article based at least on the first input;
- and
- controlling, by the processor, a speed and acceleration of movement of the robotic arm towards the second location, based on the calculated mass of the article.
A method of controlling a robotic system, the method comprising:
- actuating, by a processor, an end effector of a robotic arm of the robotic system to lift an article from among a plurality of articles from a first location, wherein the end effector is configured to move the article from the first location to a second location;
- receiving, by the processor, during a first time interval, a first set of inputs from a first sensor in response to the end effector lifting the article from the first location, wherein the first sensor is attached to the end effector;
- filtering, by the processor, the first set of inputs to obtain a filtered set of inputs free from noise;
- calculating, by the processor, a mass of the article based at least on the filtered set of inputs;
- and
- controlling, by the processor, a speed and acceleration of movement of the robotic arm towards the second location, based on the calculated mass of the article.
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