Patent ID: 7689294

Claim:
A system for providing continuous power from a power source to a fixture in a manufacturing process, the system comprising: a workstation; a robot operable to perform at least one manufacturing task associated with at least one manufacturing component; a fixture comprising: at least one robot mount operable to mount to and to receive power from the robot; at least one workstation mount operable to mount to and to receive power from the workstation; at least one power driven device to maintain an initial configuration of the at least one manufacturing component and operable to receive power via at least one of the at least one robot mount and the at least one workstation mount; a local control device operable for signal transmission with at least one main control device, the local control device comprising at least one of a programmable logic controller or a processor-based controller; and the at least one main control device configured to selectively transmit power to the fixture via at least one of the at least one robot mount or the at least one workstation mount with the fixture being mounted to both the workstation and the robot.