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Robot with smart trajectory recording

US12172318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 2022
Grant dateDec 24, 2024
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/45104
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment includes a robotic welding system for generating a motion program, having a programmable robot controller of a robot having a computer processor and a computer memory. The programmable robot controller is configured to digitally record, in the computer memory, a plurality of spatial points along an operator path in a 3D space taken by a calibrated tool center point (TCP) of the robot as an operator manually moves a robot arm of the robot along the operator path from a start point to a destination point within the 3D space. The programmable robot controller is also configured to identify and eliminate extraneous spatial points from the plurality of spatial points as digitally recorded, leaving a subset of the plurality of spatial points as digitally recorded, where the extraneous spatial points are a result of extraneous movements of the robot arm by the operator.

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