Patent ID: 8923602

Claim:
A system for moving a servo actuated manipulator without a calibration target, comprising: a servo actuated manipulator configured to perform a function; a camera mounted on or in fixed relation with a face plate of the manipulator; a manipulator controller configured to move the manipulator; and a recognition system configured to: signal the manipulator controller to move the manipulator from a work position at a reference work piece to a distance “A” between the reference work piece and the manipulator along a coordinate axis of the reference work piece, acquire a two dimensional image via the camera of at least a portion of the reference work piece, learn the reference work piece based on the two dimensional image and the distance “A” associated with the reference work piece, and with the introduction of a production workpiece, signal the manipulator controller to move the manipulator to a work position at the production work piece based on the learning of the reference work piece and the distance “A” associated with the reference work piece.