Patent ID: 9656390
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B25J,G06K,Y10S

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a human-centric robot, the robot including a movable end effector configured to couple with a plurality of tools, the robot including a plurality of transducers arranged to transmit signals to an electronic circuit, the electronic circuit configured in operation to determine a position and orientation of the end effector, the end effector having a coupler, the robot further including at least one sensor configured to transmit a position signal for determining a position of a human operator, the robot configured to operate directly adjacent to and in close proximity to a human operator based at least in part on the position signal; at least one tool having a first gripping portion, the first gripping portion being sized and shaped to removably couple to the coupler; a three-dimensional (3D) scanner configured in operation to determine three-dimensional coordinates of a surface of an object, the 3D scanner having a second gripping portion sized and shaped to removably couple to the coupler; and a controller having a processor, the processor configured to execute computer executable instructions when executed on the processor for selectively coupling one of the at least one tool or the 3D scanner to the coupler in response to an object signal.