US 11,733,036 B2
Adaptive manufacturing system
Charles J. Habermann, Bloomington, MN (US); Dean R. LaValle, Centerville, MN (US); and Thomas E. Marrinan, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to PAR SYSTEMS, LLC, Shoreview, MN (US)
Filed by PaR Systems, LLC, Shoreview, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,504.
Application 17/950,504 is a division of application No. 16/535,864, filed on Aug. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,460,294.
Application 16/535,864 is a continuation of application No. 14/717,742, filed on May 20, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/000,635, filed on May 20, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012519 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 9/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); G01B 21/02 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B23Q 3/06 (2006.01); G05B 19/404 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 21/02 (2013.01) [B23Q 3/065 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); B29C 67/0048 (2013.01); G05B 19/404 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); B29L 2031/772 (2013.01); G05B 19/4097 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49184 (2013.01); Y02P 90/02 (2015.11); Y10T 83/0304 (2015.04); Y10T 408/03 (2015.01); Y10T 408/55 (2015.01); Y10T 409/303808 (2015.01); Y10T 409/304144 (2015.01); Y10T 409/307448 (2015.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing a flexible part, comprising:
a holder configured to hold the flexible part securely in a secured unconstrained processing position;
an end effector configured to process the flexible part when held by the holder in the secured unconstrained processing position;
at least one positioner configured to support the holder or the end effector for movement;
a storage device storing specifications of the flexible part not in the secured unconstrained processing position stored on a computer readable medium of the storage device; and
a controller configured to access the storage device to obtain information of the flexible part in a shape that is different than the secured unconstrained processing position, and to control the positioner to process the flexible part while in the secured unconstrained processing position by comparing a difference in shape due to a flexibility of the flexible part in the secured unconstrained processing position with a shape of the flexible part not in the secured unconstrained processing position when the flexible part has a different shape.