US 12,454,019 B2
Systems and methods for automated cutting of lumber
Daniel Levy, Durham, NC (US); Christopher Barrett Ames, Durham, NC (US); Dylan Vassily, Durham, NC (US); and David Miron, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to BotBuilt, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by BotBuilt, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/780,364.
Application 18/780,364 is a continuation of application No. 18/668,035, filed on May 17, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/502,879, filed on May 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0383056 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B23D 59/00 (2006.01); B23D 47/04 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 59/001 (2013.01) [B23D 47/042 (2013.01); B23D 59/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated cutting system, the system comprising:
a loading module having a robot arm and a conveyor that receives lumber from a loading area and places the lumber on a cutting table and that places cut lumber onto an unloading area;
an actuating module having at least one of a rack and pinion, a rail, a conveyor, rollers, a piston and a second robot arm, that receives the lumber from the loading module, and that positions the lumber on the cutting table in preparation for cutting;
a sensor module that detects a position of the lumber on the cutting table, characterizes a curvature of the lumber, and records the curvature of the lumber and the position as lumber information, wherein the sensor is one or more of an optical detector, a photoelectric sensor, an encoder, a linear encoder, or a rotary encoder; and
a cutting module that cuts the lumber based the lumber information, the cutting resulting in cut lumber wherein the cutting module is one or more of a saw, a circular saw, a cutter and a robot cutter.