Robotic processing system and method
First Claim
1. A robotic processing system, comprising:
- a microprocessor-controlled workpiece processor including a mobile processing element to be positioned independently in three orthogonal dimensions with respect to each of a plurality of target locations on a workpiece, with each particular target location of said plurality of target locations including an element to be processed, said mobile processing element processing said element at each particular target location by first moving to an initial location that is offset from said particular target location in a single dimension and then second moving along said single dimension towards said element at said particular target location until a contact signal is detected; and
a controller, coupled to said workpiece and to said mobile processing element, communicating said contact signal to said workpiece processor when said processing element makes a physical contact with said element at said particular target location.
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Abstract
A robotic processing system includes a microprocessor-controlled workpiece processor having a mobile processing element to be positioned independently in three orthogonal dimensions with respect to each of a plurality of target locations on a workpiece, with each particular target location of the plurality of target locations including an element to be processed, the mobile processing element processing the element at each particular target location by first moving to an initial location that is offset from the particular target location in a single dimension and then second moving along the single dimension towards the element at the particular target location until a contact signal is detected; and a control, coupled to the workpiece and to the mobile processing element, communicating the contact signal to the workpiece processor when the processing element makes physical contact with the element at the particular target location.
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28 Claims
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1. A robotic processing system, comprising:
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a microprocessor-controlled workpiece processor including a mobile processing element to be positioned independently in three orthogonal dimensions with respect to each of a plurality of target locations on a workpiece, with each particular target location of said plurality of target locations including an element to be processed, said mobile processing element processing said element at each particular target location by first moving to an initial location that is offset from said particular target location in a single dimension and then second moving along said single dimension towards said element at said particular target location until a contact signal is detected; and a controller, coupled to said workpiece and to said mobile processing element, communicating said contact signal to said workpiece processor when said processing element makes a physical contact with said element at said particular target location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A robotic processing method, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) moving a mobile processing element to an initial location with respect to a particular target location of a workpiece including a plurality of target locations, each particular target location including an element to be processed wherein said initial location is offset from said target location in a single dimension; and
thereafter(b) moving said mobile processing element along said single dimension towards said element at said particular target location; and
thereafter(c) communicating a contact signal to a controller when said mobile processing element makes a physical contact with said element at said particular target location, wherein said mobile processing element is moved until said contact signal is received at said controller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium carrying program instructions for operating a system when executed using a computing system, the executed program instructions executing a robotic processing method, the method comprising:
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(a) moving a mobile processing element to an initial location with respect to a particular target location of a workpiece including a plurality of target locations, each particular target location including an element to be processed wherein said initial location is offset from said target location in a single dimension; and
thereafter(b) moving said mobile processing element along said single dimension towards said element at said particular target location until a contact signal is received; and
thereafter(c) stopping said movement of said mobile processing element in step (b) responsive to a generation of said contact signal when said mobile processing element makes physical contact with said element at said particular target location. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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