Methods and apparatus to dispense high viscosity fluid with a forming end effector
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsTayfur Demiral, Ashley B. Bruno, Michael Robert Mercer
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to dispense high viscosity fluid with a forming end effector are disclosed. An example an applicator includes a tool interface couplable to an arm of a robot, and an end effector supported by the tool interface, the end effector including a contoured surface and an outlet proximate or on the contoured surface, the outlet to dispense fluid therefrom as the end effector is moved such that contact of the contoured surface with the dispensed fluid is to shape the dispensed fluid.
Claims20
An applicator comprising:
- a tool interface couplable to an arm of a robot;
- and
- an end effector supported by the tool interface, the end effector including a contoured surface and an outlet proximate or on the contoured surface, the outlet to dispense fluid therefrom as the end effector is moved such that contact of the contoured surface with the dispensed fluid is to shape the dispensed fluid.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause programmable circuitry to at least:
- determine a parameter of fluid being dispensed from an end effector based on output from a sensor, the end effector supported by a robot arm, the end effector having a contoured surface to shape the dispensed fluid as the end effector is moved;
- and
- adjust at least one of the dispensing of the fluid or a rate of movement of the end effector based on the determined parameter.
A method comprising:
- moving an end effector supported by an arm of a robot;
- and
- dispensing fluid from an outlet of the end effector, the end effector including a contoured surface proximate the outlet to contact the dispensed fluid to define a swept or rotated shape object of the fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.