US 11,687,096 B1
Systems and methods for flexible manufacturing using self-driving vehicles
Ryan Christopher Gariepy, Kitchener (CA); Andrew Dobson, Kitchener (CA); Nir Rikovitch, Kitchener (CA); William John Alexander Torrens, Kitchener (CA); and Roydyn Clayton, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC., Kitchener (CA)
Filed by CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC., Kitchener (CA)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/79,442.
Application 18/079,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/153,133, filed on Jan. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,556,136.
Application 17/153,133 is a continuation of application No. 15/936,880, filed on Mar. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,928,835, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,108, filed on Mar. 27, 2017.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0291 (2013.01) [G05B 19/41895 (2013.01); G05D 1/0297 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50393 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for assembling a workpiece, the method comprising:
identifying a plurality of workstations that are designated to perform operations corresponding to a sequence of assembly operations for assembling the workpiece;
determining a set of performance metrics for each workstation of the plurality of workstations based on sensor data received from one or more of one or more self-driving vehicles and one or more sensor systems at the plurality of workstations;
selecting, from the plurality of workstations, a sequence of workstations for assembling the workpiece based on the set of performance metrics determined for each workstation of the plurality of workstations; and
generating a mission executable by a self-driving vehicle of the one or more self-driving vehicles transporting the workpiece, wherein the mission comprises a sequence of waypoints corresponding to the sequence of workstations.