Tooling adapter for allowing selected manipulation of a workpiece
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsChristopher C. DiStasio, Nathaniel W. Haslam
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Abstract
A system for manipulating a workpiece in an industrial robot system having a manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece, a tooling adapter coupled to the manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece, and an image referencing system for acquiring image data corresponding to the workpiece without interference from the manipulator device.
Claims17
A system for manipulating a workpiece adapted for subsequent use in an image forming system, comprising:
- a manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece,
- an image referencing system for acquiring image data corresponding to the workpiece, and
- a tooling adapter configured to include a viewing window positioned relative to the image referencing system, the viewing window allowing the image referencing system to acquire the image data corresponding to the workpiece when the tooling adapter is coupled to the manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece in selected engagement therewith.
A method for manipulating a workpiece, comprising the steps of
- manipulating the workpiece with a manipulator device,
- coupling a tooling adapter having a workpiece viewing window to the manipulator device, and
- acquiring image data corresponding to the workpiece without interference from the manipulator device by imaging the workpiece through the workpiece viewing window of the tooling adapter.
A system for manipulating a workpiece adapted for subsequent use in an image forming system, comprising:
- a manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece,
- a tooling adapter having a vacuum assembly for applying a force to a workpiece for manipulating the workpiece, the tooling adapter configured for coupling to the manipulator device for manipulating the workpiece when disposed in selected engagement therewith, and
- an image referencing system disposed in optical communication with the tooling adapter for acquiring image data corresponding to the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.