Method and system for determining a path for processing a workpiece

Abstract

A method and a system for determining a path for processing a workpiece include causing a manipulator of an industrial robot to present a plurality of different postures; causing a 3D sensor mounted on the manipulator to capture point cloud data of the workpiece when the manipulator presents the respective different postures, one of the workpiece and the 3D sensor being mounted on the manipulator, the other of the workpiece and the 3D sensor being placed on a worktable; stitching the acquired point cloud data for the plurality of posture; and generating, based at least in part on the stitched point cloud data, the path for processing a workpiece.

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