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AssigneeVectis Automation, LLC
InventorsAndrew Akey, Joshua Pawley, Douglas Rhoda, Todd Scarpella, Brendan DeJonge, Marcus Yakawich
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Methods for deploying a highly-mobile remotely deployable programmable collaborative robot fabricating system for the assembly, construction, fabrication, and/or the completion of weldments on large structures in difficult to access or elevated locations and a method of deploying the system and performing welding operations therewith. The methods include the steps of either bringing the system to the location of the work materials to be processed or, alternatively, bringing the materials to the system. The shape and location of a weld path is then identified, and the system is either programmed or, alternatively, preexisting templates are employed to complete the operations, upon completion of which, the system is relocated to the site of the next work materials to be processed or, alternatively, the next work materials are brought to the system location.
A method for performing processing operations on raw work material using a remotely deployable programmable collaborative robot welding system, the remotely deployable programmable collaborative robot welding system including a first mobile platform having a storage area, a second separate platform or skid releasably secured to the storage area of the first mobile platform;
The method of claim 9 wherein step h.3 further includes one or more additional tactile sensing or searching steps h.3.1 in situations in which positional variations in the weld path are present, whereby the trajectory of the collaborative robot is properly placed along the positional variations in the weld path.
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