Patent ID: 7647693

Claim:
A system for selectively mating one of a valve stem and a pressure monitoring device (TPM) and assembling one of the valve stem and the TPM with a wheel rim having an aperture formed therein for receiving one of the valve stem and the TPM, said system comprising: a detector for identifying a configuration of the wheel rim; a robotic device having an insertion tool configured to install both the TPM and the valve stem and being adaptable for moving one of the valve stem and the TPM from a feeder to the wheel rim for mating one of the valve stem and the TPM to the wheel rim; a controller operably communicated with said robotic device and said detector for receiving a signal from said detector and transmitting said signal to said robotic device thereby directing said robotic device to selectively engage one of the valve stem and the TPM; and said insertion tool of said robotic device selectively engaging one of the valve stem or clamping the TPM as directed by said controller for inserting one of the valve stem the TPM into the aperture in response to said signal received by said robotic device from said controller.