US 12,479,529 B2
Vehicle body production system and method thereof
Seung Ho Lee, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,700.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0033546 (KR), filed on Mar. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294780 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 65/022 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B62D 65/026 (2013.01); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45135 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body production system comprising:
a plurality of turntables comprising a plurality of jigs, and configured to weld and assemble a panel;
a supply robot configured to grip the panel and supply the panel to the turntable;
an assembly robot positioned beside the turntable and configured to weld and assemble the panel supplied to the turntable;
a take-out robot configured to take out the welded and assembled panel; and
a control unit configured to:
control the supply robot to grip a plurality of panels and supply the plurality of panels to the turntable depending on a vehicle type;
control the assembly robot to sequentially weld and assemble the supplied panels while rotating the turntable depending on the vehicle type;
control the take-out robot to take out the welded and assembled panels; and
control the supply robot to grip the panel and supply the panel to a normally operating turntable when at least one of the plurality of turntables is broken down.