Patent ID: 9643316
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B25J,G05B

Claim:
1. A robot system comprising: a track; a robot that includes a robot arm having multiple degrees of freedom of movement; a carriage configured to carry said robot on said track; a 3D scanner mounted upon an end of said robot arm, said 3D scanner configured to collect environmental data from an operating environment surrounding said robot while said robot remains within a safe working volume; and an operator station that includes a computer and associated software and is located remotely from said robot arm, said operator station configured to control movement of said robot arm and said carriage; wherein, in said safe working volume, said robot is configured to translate along said track in a tucked position without colliding with any portion of the operating environment, wherein said 3D scanner is a laser device configured to gather said environmental data, wherein said computer and associated software is configured to voxelize said scanned data and to utilize said voxelized data to define said operating environment, and wherein said computer and associated hardware is configured to utilize said voxelized data to define movements of said carriage and said robot arm with said operating environment that also avoids collisions between said carriage and said robot arm with said operating environment.