Method and apparatus for robotically routing wires on a harness form board
US11264152B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01B13/01209
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for robot motion control and wire dispensing during automated routing of wires onto harness form boards. The robot includes a manipulator arm and a wire-routing end effector mounted to a distal end of the manipulator arm. The wire-routing end effector is configured for dispensing and routing a wire along a path through form board devices mounted to a harness form board. The wire-routing end effector is moved along a planned path under the control of a robot controller. An end effector path is provided with a set of processes that enable rapid, even fully automatic, development of robot motion controls for routing wires on harness form boards. The system uses a measurement encoder on the end effector that is routing individual wires on a wire harness form board to learn the length of each wire and its length variation.
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