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US 2026/0273727 A1Published application
Robot teaching with scans in and out of robot workspace
AssigneeScalable Robotics Inc.
InventorsThomas Andrew FUHLBRIGGE, Carlos MARTINEZ, Gregory ROSSANO
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Abstract
A robot teaching system that uses 3D scanning, movable devices, and pose selecting devices, either in or outside the robot workspace, in order to create a robot instruction. The system may include a 3D scanning device, a user input device, and a computation device. The computation device executes instructions to cause the 3D scanning device to capture a 3D scan of a workpiece, record a spatial point, and determine best fit geometries.
Claims20
A robot teaching system, comprising:
- a 3D scanning device;
- a user input device;
- a computation device;
- and
- a storage device in communication with the computation device, the storage device storing instructions that when executed by the computation device results in a method comprising:
- causing the 3D scanning device to capture a first 3D scan of a workpiece;
- recording a series of spatial points in response to user input via the user input device;
- determining at least one best-fit geometry of at least a portion of the first 3D scan;
- projecting the series of spatial points to geometric points having a predefined relationship to the at least one best-fit geometry;
- displaying to the user the geometric points in real time with the user input;
- defining a robot instruction to perform an operation on the workpiece based on the geometric points;
- and
- using a machine learning model to predict a quality resulting from the robot instruction.
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A robot teaching system, comprising:
- a 3D scanning device;
- a user input device;
- a computation device;
- and
- a storage device in communication with the computation device, the storage device storing instructions that when executed by the computation device results in a method comprising:
- causing the 3D scanning device to capture a 3D scan of a workpiece;
- determining one or more best-fit geometries of at least a portion of the 3D scan;
- projecting a series of spatial points, recorded in response to user input via the user input device, to geometric points having a predefined relationship to at least one of the one or more best-fit geometries;
- displaying to the user the geometric points in real time with the user input;
- selecting one or more robot parameters in response to user input via the user input device;
- defining a robot instruction to perform an operation on the workpiece based on the one or more best-fit geometries, the geometric points, and the one or more selected robot parameters;
- and
- recording the results of the robot instruction to train a machine learning model.
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A robot teaching system, comprising:
- at least one 3D scanning device;
- a user input device;
- a computation device;
- and
- a storage device in communication with the computation device, the storage device storing instructions that when executed by the computation device results in a method comprising:
- recording, prior to capturing 3D information about a workpiece, a series of spatial points in response to user input via the user input device;
- displaying to the user the series of spatial points in real time with the user input;
- causing the at least one 3D scanning device to capture 3D information of at least a portion of the workpiece in proximity to the series of spatial points;
- determining at least one best-fit geometry of at least a portion of the 3D information of at least a portion of a workpiece scan;
- projecting the series of spatial points to geometric points having a predefined relationship to an individual one of the best-fit geometries;
- and
- defining a robot instruction to perform an operation on the workpiece based on the geometric points.
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