Patent ID: 11879727
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. The workstation according to claim 16, wherein the control module is configured to operate the collaborative robot to move a first gauge tool of the plurality of gauge tools through a test motion at a plurality of discrete locations within a target region, wherein the target region is a predetermined range of possible locations for a feature on a component being tested, wherein the component being tested is either the first component or the second component, and wherein the control module is configured to:
output a reject condition associated with the component being tested if the first gauge tool is unable to locate the feature at any of the discrete locations within the target region; or
if the first gauge tool locates the feature at one of the discrete locations within the target region but the first gauge tool measures at least one dimension of the feature to be outside of a tolerance limit, then the control module operates the collaborative robot to move the first gauge tool to repeat the test motion at the discrete location where the feature was previously located and then output either:
a pass condition associated with the component being tested if all dimensions of the feature measured are within the tolerance limit; or
a reject condition associated with the component being tested if one or more dimensions of the feature are measured to be outside of the tolerance limit.