Patent ID: 8025277

Claim:
A configurable end-of-arm tool attachable to an articulable robotic arm, comprising: a rail element defining an x-axis orientation; a swing arm having a first end slidably attached to the rail element and machine-adjustable to pivot in an x-y plane; an extendable shaft fixedly attached to a second end of the swing arm and having a longitudinal axis projecting in a z-axis orientation orthogonal to the x-y plane and machine-adjustable longitudinally; a rotator set attached to the extendable shaft and machine-adjustable to rotate the extendable shaft around the longitudinal axis; a workpiece interface tool attached to the extendable shaft; and the swing arm, the extendable shaft, and the rotator set machine-adjustable to fixedly configure the workpiece interface tool to a predetermined position comprising an x-axis position, a y-axis position, a z-axis position, and a rotational angle about the z-axis.