AUTOMATED FABRICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING 3-D VOID MODELING

Patent №

US 9,606,527

Granted

2017-03-28

Filed 2014

Owner

CATERPILLAR INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14319575

A fabrication system is disclosed for use in joining two components of a work piece. The fabrication system may have a mount configured to hold the work piece with a void to be filled with material. The fabrication system may also have a scanner configured to capture at least one image of the void, a robotic fabrication device movable relative to the mount, and a controller in communication with the scanner and the robotic fabrication device. The controller may be configured to generate a model of the void based on the at least one image, and to slice the model into at least one layer. The controller may also be configured to develop a tool path for each of the at least one layer, and to cause the robotic fabrication device to deposit material within the void based on the tool path.

VisionB23K 9/127B25J 9/1679B29C 64/106B29C 70/745B29C 70/84G05B 19/402G05B 19/4207B25J 9/1694+7 more

AI classification

Vision0.64
Knowledge representation0.27
Machine learning0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00
Planning0.00
Natural language0.00
AI hardware0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

CATERPILLAR INC.

assignment · 332120703

Assignors

ADCOCK, LEON ROBERT, STICKEL, DONALD ALBERT, III, WANG, HUIJUN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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