ROBOTIC SYSTEMS WITH USER OPERABLE ROBOT CONTROL TERMINALS
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1. A machine-vision based robotic system, comprising:
- a machine vision controller coupled to receive image information from at least one image sensor and configured to process at least some of the image information;
a robot motion controller configured to control movement of a robotic member based at least in part on the processed image information captured by the at least one image sensor; and
a teaching pendant interface communicatively coupled to provide at least some communications between a teaching pendant and the robot controller and communicatively coupled to provide at least some communications between the teaching pendant and the machine vision controller directly without intervention of the robot motion controller.
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Abstract
Robotic systems and methods employ at least some communications between peripheral controllers, for example vision controller, conveyor controller, camera controller and/or inspection controller, that is independent of a robot controller or robot motion controller. Such may include a parallel communications path.
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1. A machine-vision based robotic system, comprising:
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a machine vision controller coupled to receive image information from at least one image sensor and configured to process at least some of the image information; a robot motion controller configured to control movement of a robotic member based at least in part on the processed image information captured by the at least one image sensor; and a teaching pendant interface communicatively coupled to provide at least some communications between a teaching pendant and the robot controller and communicatively coupled to provide at least some communications between the teaching pendant and the machine vision controller directly without intervention of the robot motion controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-vision based robotic system, comprising:
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at least a first robotic member that is selectively movable; at least a first image sensor operable to produce information representative of images; a user operable handheld robot control terminal including at least one user input device operable by a user; a robot motion controller configured to control movement of at least the first robotic member; a machine vision controller coupled to receive information directly or indirectly from at least the first image sensor wherein the handheld robot control terminal and the robot motion controller are communicatively coupled to provide at least some communications between the handheld robot control terminal and the robot motion controller, and wherein the handheld robot control terminal and the machine vision controller are communicatively coupled to provide at least some communications between the handheld robot control terminal and the machine vision controller independently of the robot motion controller. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of operating a machine vision system, the method comprising:
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providing at least some communications between a teaching pendant and a robot motion controller; providing at least some communications between the teaching pendant and a machine vision controller independently of the robot motion controller; and causing a robot member to move in response to communications between the teaching pendent and the robot motion controller. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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