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An orientation and control system for use with robots provides identification, orientation and operating instructions coded indicia on diverse parts, which indicia are viewed by a camera and are digital image processor recognizable, so that the indicia are converted into information for computer con

An orientation and control system for use with robots provides identification, orientation and operating instructions coded indicia on diverse parts, which indicia are viewed by a camera and are digital image processor recognizable, so that the indicia are converted into information for computer control of a robot in utilizing the diverse parts in assembly operations. The present system is useful in assembly operations wherein the parts can be randomly presented, without special orientation or alignment fixtures, to a robot and yet the robot can utilize the parts in a programmed manner to perform the programmed assembly operations.

대표청구항 ▼

An orientation and control system for robots comprising; a part having coded indicia on said part, said coded indicia being digital image processor recognizable; a camera being positioned so as to view the coded indicia; a digital image processor interconnected to said camera for recognizing the ind

An orientation and control system for robots comprising; a part having coded indicia on said part, said coded indicia being digital image processor recognizable; a camera being positioned so as to view the coded indicia; a digital image processor interconnected to said camera for recognizing the indicia image and further comprising a computer interconnected to said processor for decoding the indicia so as to provide an input signal; a robot having an arm for performing an operation with said part, and means to actuate said arm, said processor and computer providing said input signal to said actuating means for controlling the robot arm in relation to said operation on said part; and indicia application means comprising a projector with means to focus an image of said indicia on said part so that said camera can view said projected image; said projector being interconnected to said computer, so as to provide computer input to the projector for indicia image projection on the part.