Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tracking system for tracking a position and orientation of an object, the tracking system including: a tracking base provided in an environment, the tracking base including: a tracking head support; and, at least three tracking heads mounted to the tracking head support, a target system including at least three targets mounted to the object, each target including a reflector that reflects a radiation beam to the base sensor of a respective tracking head; and, a control system that: causes each tracking head to track a respective target as it moves throughout the environment; determines a position of each target with respect to a respective tracking head; determines an orientation of the target system using at least in part the determined position of each target; and, determines the position and orientation of the object using at least in part the position and orientation of the target system.

Abstract: A program editing device edits a machining program in which a machining path along which a wire electrode of a wire electrical discharge machine machines a workpiece is defined. The machining program includes a plurality of blocks corresponding to respective multiple partial paths into which the machining path is divided, each of the blocks including path information indicating the corresponding partial path. The program editing device includes an analyzer analyzing the machining program and thereby identifying a predetermined shape pattern formed by a series of the multiple partial paths in the machining path, an information generator generating shape information corresponding to the identified predetermined shape pattern, and an editor inserting the shape information into the machining program.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium that automatically calibrates robots and sensors assigned to perform a task in an operating environment. One of the methods includes obtaining a representation of a robotic operating environment. A user selection of a plurality of components to be configured to operate in the robotic operating environment is received. A mapping is obtained between pairs of components to be calibrated and one or more respective calibration processes to perform to calibrate each pair of components. From the mapping, one or more calibration processes to be performed on pairs of components based on the user selection of the plurality of components is computed. Calibration instruction data describing how to perform the one or more calibration processes to be performed on the pairs of components of the user selection is determined and presented.

Abstract: A method for inspecting and maintaining a motor vehicle including at least one actuator controlled by at least one electronic computer, and a supervision computer. The inspection and maintenance method including: a) coupling the supervision computer, b) interrogating the electronic computer, if an anomaly is present on at least one actuator, then the method includes: c) identifying the defective actuator, d) launching a test campaign involving: 1) reading predefined values, 2) applying a control signal to the actuator, 3) measuring actuation parameters of the actuator, 4) analyzing the results, e) proposing new parameters, f) applying the control signal with the new parameters, and g) recording the new parameters in the electronic computer.

Abstract: A laser processing system includes a processing machine for performing laser processing on a processing target using a laser beam according to a predetermined processing design; a setting module for preparing a processing recipe including a plurality of set values for testing of processing parameters for the controlling the quality value of a predetermined quality item; a controller for repeatedly performing test processing for the processing target in multiple implementation rounds by driving the processing machine by selectively using any one of the set values for testing as the set value of the processing parameters according to a predetermined order; and an analysis module for analyzing each of results of the test processing and individually measuring the quality value of each of the results of the test processing.

Abstract: A thermal displacement correction method is provided, including a first step of setting an initial tool temperature, a second step of estimating a temperature of a tool or a position measurement sensor based on the initial tool temperature and a temperature of a spindle, a third step of estimating an amount of thermal displacement of the tool or the position measurement sensor with a preliminarily set tool thermal displacement estimation formula based on the estimated temperature, and a fourth step of moving a feed shaft of the machine tool based on the estimated amount of thermal displacement to perform a correction. In the second step, the temperature of the spindle is measured, then a tool-mounted portion temperature of the spindle is estimated from the measured temperature.

Abstract: Embodiments of an electric linear actuator may include a roller screw assembly, an electric motor coupled to the roller screw assembly, and a linear transducer operatively coupled with the roller screw assembly. The motor may be configured to drive the roller screw assembly to extend and retract another component, such as a rod. In some embodiments, the linear transducer may be configured to detect a position of the rod. The roller screw assembly may be coupled directly to the motor via a gear coupling, with the motor disposed generally in axial alignment with the roller screw assembly. Other embodiments disclosed herein include a veneer lathe carriage with electric linear actuators and corresponding apparatuses, methods, and systems.

Abstract: To provide a numerical controller capable of setting an index for an axis combination in a path and selecting a proper compensation model using the index. A numerical controller comprises: a thermal displacement compensation setting unit that sets an index of an axis combination as a target of implementation of thermal displacement compensation from control axis information data in which a control axis is recognizable, and finds a compensation model index matching the index, thereby selecting a corresponding compensation model; and a thermal displacement compensation unit that calculates a compensation value from operating state data having correlation with thermal displacement and from the compensation model.

Abstract: A method for the monitoring of a wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process, the method comprising the steps of: setting a unit observation length for the signal acquisition, continuously acquiring at least one process signal which is representative of an amount of material removed by at least one discharge and the position (X;Y) of said at least one discharge, and determining, based on said at least one process signal and one or more properties of a current machining, a cumulated amount of material removed per unit observation length along a machining path, including amounts of material removed by travelling in a forward cutting direction and amounts of material removed by travelling in a reverse cutting direction.

Abstract: A computing system and a method for calibration verification is presented. The computing system is configured to perform a first calibration operation, and to control a robot arm to move a verification symbol to a reference location. The robot control system further receives, from a camera, a reference image of the verification symbol, and determines a reference image coordinate for the verification symbol. The robot control system further controls the robot arm to move the verification symbol to the reference location again during an idle period, receives an additional image of the verification symbol, and determines a verification image coordinate. The robot control system determines a deviation parameter value based the reference image coordinate and the verification image coordinate, and whether the deviation parameter value exceeds a defined threshold, and performs a second calibration operation if the threshold is exceeded.

Abstract: A form measuring instrument includes: a contact tip configured to contact with a workpiece; a movement mechanism configured to cause relative movement of the contact tip with respect to the workpiece; a movement controlling unit configured to control the movement mechanism; a contact sensor configured to detect a contact amount of the contact tip with the workpiece and output a detection signal corresponding to the contact amount; and an abnormality determining unit configured to determine an abnormality of sensitivity of the contact sensor based on a change in the detection signal outputted from the contact sensor during an operation of the movement mechanism in which the contact tip is pressed against the workpiece.

Abstract: Control architecture for use with transport systems, such as linear drive systems, rotary drive systems, or a combination thereof, comprising a computer system having a controller for operating control system software for receiving input commands and protocols for creating a motion profile for each transport element, and a gateway for receiving the motion profile from the control system software and for operating gateway drive software that functions to select the appropriate drives to move each transport element along one or more tracks in accordance with their motion profiles.

Abstract: A modular electronic housing includes: a housing series body whose receiving chamber houses an electronic component; and a maintaining device for maintaining the electronic component on the housing series body, the maintaining device having at least one holding body for the electronic component, which holding body is materially bonded to the housing series body in a bonding position.

Abstract: Provided is a turning and milling system, comprising: a work platform comprising a first drive mechanism; a rotating platform, said first drive driving said rotating platform to rotate on the said work platform and drive a workpiece to rotate about a vertical axis; a blade assembly comprising a blade and a second drive mechanism connected to the blade; said second drive mechanism drives the blade to move in the horizontal direction, changing the machining radius of the blade.

Abstract: A geometrical error measurement method for a feed drive system includes entering coordinate values of four vertices of a virtual regular tetrahedron, mounting a position indicator to an end of a main shaft of a feed drive system, mounting three center mounts at three respective vertices of the four vertices except for the remaining vertex at which the main shaft is positioned while moving the main shaft of the feed drive system sequentially from one vertex to another according to the entered coordinate values, measuring distances between each of the four vertices indicated by the three center mounts and the position indicator with a double ballbar, and calculating a geometrical error from the measured distances.

Abstract: A motion error of a machine tool in a coordinate system having its origin at an arbitrary position is identified by means of error data measured by a commonly-used method. An X-axis feed mechanism, a Y-axis feed mechanism, and a Z-axis feed mechanism are operated in a three-dimensional space of a machine coordinate system to measure translational errors, angular errors, and perpendicularity errors thereof, and error data for translational error parameters, angular error parameters, and perpendicularity error parameters in a three-dimensional space of a set coordinate system having its origin at a preset reference position Xa, Ya, Za are derived based on the measured actual error data. Subsequently, a relative motion error between a spindle and a table in the three-dimensional space of the set coordinate system is derived based on the derived error data.

Abstract: A positional information display system includes a control device, a conversion information calculation device and an image information control device, in which the conversion information calculation device has a conversion information calculation portion which calculates conversion information representing a position and/or posture of a first coordinate system on a second coordinate system with a coordinate value of each axis of an industrial machine as a variable; and the image information control device has a coordinate information conversion portion which calculates a position and/or posture on the second coordinate system using conversion information and a coordinate value of each axis; a positional information calculation data setting portion which sets calculation data of positional information for visually displaying the position and/or posture in the first coordinate system by the third coordinate system of a display device; and a positional information display data calculation portion which calculat

Abstract: A machine learning apparatus learns a setting value in a machining program of a machine tool configured to machine an impeller. The machine learning apparatus includes a state observation unit configured to acquire the thermal displacement amount during a period of machining a workpiece, as a state variable, and a determination data acquisition unit configured to receive the imbalance amount in the impeller after machining as determination data. The machine learning apparatus includes a learning unit configured to learn the setting value in the machining program on the basis of output from the state observation unit and output from the determination data acquisition unit.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal displacement correction apparatus for a machine tool which automatically determines necessity/unnecessity of actual measurement of the machine tool, the apparatus including: a thermal displacement correction unit that predicts a thermal displacement amount from an operation of a machine or a temperature of each portion of the machine and calculates a thermal displacement correction amount for correcting thermal displacement by adding, to a position command value of a feed axis, the thermal displacement correction amount for cancelling the thermal displacement amount thus predicted; and a thermal displacement correction amount adjustment unit that calculates an adjustment value for adjusting the thermal displacement correction amount on the basis of the thermal displacement correction amount, wherein a change amount ?E from the start of processing is obtained, ?E is compared with designated Em, and when ?E?Em, actual measurement is performed with measurement means.

Abstract: A wrapping machine has a transfer and accumulation device including an accumulator element on which a part of the sleeve is wound, and a mechanism for performing spreading of the open end of the sleeve after transfer to the covering station. According to the invention, a programmable control device determines the position and/or the inclination angle of the feed axis of the load by synchronizing the positioning control of the transfer device with position data of the load. This results in positioning of the transfer device according to the spatial position of the load to be packaged.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a feedback force includes a calculating unit and a force feedback displacement controller. The calculating unit receives relative position information of a first object and a second object and geometric information of the first object and the second object. If the first object and the second object are not in contact, the calculating unit calculates a force feedback value based on the relative position information and the geometric information. The force feedback displacement controller outputs a displacement command, and receives the force feedback value. The displacement command allows the first object to move with respect to the second object. The force feedback displacement controller includes a displacement unit that generates the displacement command based on an operation of a user, and a force feedback unit that provides a feedback force to the displacement unit based on the force feedback value.

Abstract: To provide a wire electric discharge machine capable of suitably and simply performing thermal displacement correction on upper and lower guides. Provided are a storage unit that stores temperatures of machine elements and actual values for relative positions of upper and lower guides to be associated with each other as associated data; and a relational expression calculation unit that infers and calculates a relational expression between the temperature of the machine element and the relative positions of the upper and lower guides by way of machine learning with this associated data as training data. Additionally provided are a position estimation unit that substitutes temperatures of the machine element into the relational expression and calculates an estimated value for the relative position of the upper and lower guides; and a correction amount calculation unit that calculates a correction amount for the upper and lower guides, based on the estimated value for the relative position.

Abstract: The human cooperative robot system according to the present invention includes a robot, a force sensor detecting a load applied to a robot, and a robot controller controlling the robot. The force sensor includes at least one temperature detection element detecting temperature, incorporated therein. The robot controller determines whether or not to stop the operation of the robot based on the detected temperature output from the temperature detection element.

Abstract: Methods and systems of determining a location of a target object on a surface are disclosed. A method may include positioning a robotic arm proximate to the target object, moving the robotic arm at a trajectory such that the robotic arm contacts the target object and pushes the target object across the surface into a target area bound by known dimensional coordinates, moving a robotic hand coupled to the robotic arm along a vector that corresponds to one of the known dimensional coordinates such that the robotic hand contacts the target object in the target area, and grasping the target object with the robotic hand.

Abstract: In this numerical control method that drives the feed shaft of a machine tool (10) by means of a servo control unit (52), a transmission function is determined by modeling the operation of the servo control unit (52) of the feed shaft, the closed loop transmission function (GBP) of the position loop and/or the closed loop transmission function of the velocity loop of the servo control unit (52) of the machine tool is measured using the frequency response of the feed shaft, the control subject (PP) of the position loop and/or the control subject of the velocity loop is determined using the measured closed loop transmission function, the position loop modeling error (?PP) and/or the velocity loop modeling error is determined from the control subject, and at least one control parameter of the servo control unit (52) is calculated using the closed loop transmission function and/or the modeling error.

Abstract: A numerical controller using table format data, the numerical controller including a memory which stores table format data, in which time or a position of a spindle or feed shaft serving as a reference is arranged so as to correspond to a position of a spindle or feed shaft other than the spindle or feed shaft of which position serves as a reference or an output of an auxiliary function, a reference value counter which inputs the time or the position of the spindle or feed shaft serving as a reference, wherein the position of the spindle or feed shaft other than the spindle or feed shaft of which position serves as a reference or the output of the auxiliary function is controlled.

Abstract: A motor control device includes a position command generating unit, a difference calculating unit for calculating a difference between a positional detection value of a movable unit and a positional detection value of a driven unit, a retaining unit for retaining, as an engaging difference, the difference when the movable unit is moved in a first or second direction to engage with the driven unit, in association with the first direction and the second direction, and a compensation amount calculating unit for calculating a backlash compensation amount based on the difference calculated by the difference calculating unit and the engaging difference retained by the retaining unit. It is determined whether or not the movable unit is engaged with the driven unit by comparing a movement amount of the driven unit with a threshold.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and the like that are capable of calculating a correction value for a rotational axis and make it possible to correct an error in position or position and posture of a tool, which results from a geometric error, correct an error in posture of the tool, and also enhance the accuracy in machining by preventing a translational axis from operating in an infinitesimal manner due to a correction command. In a machine tool having two or more translational axes and one or more rotational axes, a correction value for each of the translational axes is calculated using a command position of each of the rotational axes, a coordinate value of a correction reference point as one point designated in advance in a command position space of each of the translational axes, and a geometric parameter representing the geometrical error.

Abstract: Methods and devices for milling a channel-shaped cavity by a five-axis computer numerical control (CNC) machine by selecting a workpiece to be machined, determining cutting tool flow along the channel-shaped cavity, determining cutting tool in-depth penetration, determining a trochoid path, and determining auxiliary movements.

Abstract: A robotic processing system includes a microprocessor-controlled workpiece processor having a mobile processing element to be positioned independently in three orthogonal dimensions with respect to each of a plurality of target locations on a workpiece, with each particular target location of the plurality of target locations including an element to be processed, the mobile processing element processing the element at each particular target location by first moving to an initial location that is offset from the particular target location in a single dimension and then second moving along the single dimension towards the element at the particular target location until a contact signal is detected; and a control, coupled to the workpiece and to the mobile processing element, communicating the contact signal to the workpiece processor when the processing element makes physical contact with the element at the particular target location.

Abstract: In a thermal displacement compensation method for a machine tool, in which a feed shaft thermal displacement amount is obtained and an amount which cancels the obtained feed shaft thermal displacement amount is added as a thermal displacement compensation amount to a position command for a feed axis, a position where a signal is first output by a position sensor for detecting the position of a movable part of the machine tool is first stored as an initial position. Then, the position where the signal is output by the position sensor is detected, and the thermal displacement compensation amount is modified according to a compensation error, which is the difference between the detected position (actual position) and the initial position.

Abstract: A machine tool 1 comprises a bed 11, a column 12, a spindle head 15, a spindle 16, a saddle 17, a table 18, a feed mechanism for moving the spindle head 15, the saddle 17 and the table 18 in Z-axis, Y-axis and X-axis directions respectively, a position detector for detecting the positions of the spindle head 15, saddle 17 and table 18, a controller for feedback controlling the feed mechanism, a position detector 51 for detecting the position of the spindle head 15, a position detector 54 for detecting the position of the spindle head 15, a position detector 57 for detecting the position of the table 18, and a measurement frame 50 which is configured with a different member from the bed 11 and the column 12 and on which readers 53, 56, 59 of the position detectors 51, 54, 57 are disposed.

Abstract: In a control method for a machine tool including two or more translation axes and at least one rotation axis, a command for a distal end position of a tool and an attitude of the tool is provided to correct an error in the distal end position and the attitude with respect to a workpiece due to a geometric error to calculate a command value for controlling the translation axes. The method includes calculating the command value on the basis of a command coordinate value for the distal end position, a converted coordinate value obtained by converting a coordinate value of a rotation center point of the rotation axis in an actual state into a coordinate value without an error in inclination, and an axial unit vector for the ideal rotation axis.

Abstract: When a numerical controller executes a tool-center-point control in which a path of a tool center point with respect to a workpiece is instructed, and the workpiece is machined along the instructed path based on a speed instruction, the numerical controller sets the speed instruction so that the speed instruction is a synthesis speed with respect to a synthesis distance of a relative moving distance between the workpiece and a tool center point and a tool-direction changing distance due to a relative change in a tool direction with respect to the workpiece by a rotary axis. The numerical controller interpolates a position of a linear axis and a position of a rotary axis by the tool-center-point control according to the synthesis speed and drives the linear axis and the rotary axis to the position of the linear axis and the position of the rotary axis created by the interpolation.

Abstract: A stage apparatus includes: a coarse moving stage; a fine moving stage located at an interval from the coarse moving stage in a first direction; an electromagnetic actuator including a first core located on one of the coarse moving stage and the fine moving stage and a second core located on the other of the coarse moving stage and the fine moving stage and configured to accelerate or decelerate the fine moving stage in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a controller configured to correct a command value of a thrust of the electromagnetic actuator in the second direction in accordance with a relative position of the fine moving stage with respect to the coarse moving stage in the first direction.

Abstract: A work having a non-circular cross-section is machined by relative movement between the work and a tool, as the relative position and angle between the work and tool are changed at least within a plane including the cross-section of the work. In machining along a preset tool path, the difference between the relative angle at a point on the preset tool path which machining is started and that point on the preset tool path at which machining is finished is calculated. Time needed in machining along the preset tool path is equally divided by a preset number at equal time divisions, and positions on the tool path corresponding to equal time divisions are set as tool path points. When the tool moves through each point, the relative angle is continuously changed an angle corresponding to division of the difference of the relative angles by the preset number of equal time divisions.

Abstract: A level difference or a uncut portion is prevented from being left between adjoining worked regions without forming any useless worked region. A lathe sectional shape forming unit (222) produces a sheet model of a lathe sectional shape in an X-Z plane on the basis of the solid model of a lathe shape formed by a lathe shape forming unit (220). A first/second step working sectional shape forming unit (227) produces sheet models of the worked sectional shapes of the first step and the second step on the basis of the sheet model of the lathe sectional shape, a step dividing position and an overlap amount. A first step disused shape deleting unit (229) and a second step disused shape deleting unit (230) delete the shape needing no work, from the sheet models of the worked sectional shapes of the first step and the second step.

Abstract: A servo device 30 includes: a control portion 31 for driving and controlling a drive mechanism 32 by receiving a control signal from a transmitter 10, and by transforming the control signal into a drive signal corresponding to characteristic data previously stored in a memory portion 35. The control portion 31 includes: a signal processing portion 33 for discriminating whether the control signal is a maneuver signal or a characteristic data signal; and the memory portion for updating and storing the characteristic data based on the received characteristic data signal when the control signal is discriminated as the characteristic data signal.

Abstract: An electronic system for compensating the dimensional accuracy of a 4-axis CNC machining system includes a CNC machining system configured to machine a plurality of features into a part, a dimensional measuring device configured to measure a plurality of dimensions of the part, and to provide an output corresponding to the measured dimensions and a compensation processor in communication with the CNC machining system and dimensional measuring device. The CNC machining system includes a global coordinate system, and at least one feature being defined relative to a local coordinate system that is translated from the machine coordinate system. Additionally, the compensation processor is configured to receive the output from the dimensional measuring device, to calculate a plurality of CNC offsets, including at least one local offset, and to provide the offsets to the CNC machining system.

Abstract: Disclosed are an articulated hydraulic machine supporting, control system and control method for same. The articulated hydraulic machine has an end effector for performing useful work. The control system is capable of controlling the end effector for automated movement along a preselected trajectory. The control system has a position error correction system to correct discrepancies between an actual end effector trajectory and a desired end effector trajectory. The correction system can employ one or more absolute position signals provided by one or more acceleration sensors supported by one or more movable machine elements. Good trajectory positioning and repeatability can be obtained. A two joystick controller system is enabled, which can in some cases facilitate the operator's task and enhance their work quality and productivity.

Abstract: A machining installation for workpieces comprises a workpiece positioning device comprising a workpiece holder pivot unit as well as a tool positioning device comprising a tool holder pivot unit. The workpiece holder pivot unit is designed such that a workpiece holder is pivotable about at least three and no more than four workpiece holder pivot axes. Moreover, the tool holder pivot unit is designed such that a tool holder is pivotable about no more than two tool holder pivot axes. The machining installation has a simple design and ensures flexible and accurate machining of workpieces.

Abstract: An apparatus on an integrated circuit, and method thereof, provides a real-time flexible interface between inputs from a vehicle components and outputs to the vehicle control components. The functions comprises of a programmable interconnection matrix, engine sensors and a control interface. Both engine sensors and control functions comprise of fixed hardwired functions and a customization hardware area. The apparatus therefore provides means for flexible powertrain events control target for the next generation of low-polluting power trains of vehicles.

Abstract: A method for offsetting a part on a CNC machine comprises clamping a part to a fixture on a table for the CNC machine and machining a plurality of features and surfaces on the part. A plurality of global offsets are calculated for the fixture and the table based on location data of the plurality of features and surfaces. An actual part position on a global coordinate system for the CNC machine is determined by translating the fixture and the table by each the plurality of global offsets to the coordinate system. The actual part position is compensated to a nominal part position for each of the controllable axes of the CNC machine and a controller is programmed with a global offset compensation based upon the calculated offset for each controllable axis of the CNC machine to adjust each of the controllable axes to the actual part position.

Abstract: A machine for machining a work piece with at least one revolving or rotating tool, having a ball screw, which is pivoted by a fix and a floating bearing whereas the machine has a device for measuring the length of the extension of the ball screw. Furthermore, a method is provided for measuring and compensation a thermal displacement comprising the steps of: detecting the length U of the axis of the ball screw, detecting the length I2 of the axis of the ball screw, calculating the difference ?l of the length I1 extended axis and the reference length I2 of the axis and compensating the difference value to the correct value.

Abstract: In a method for controlling an operation of a coordinate measuring device, at least one operational parameter is determined. One value of the operational parameter is allocated to a plurality of components. A sequence for determining the operational parameter is provided for the majority of the components. The method for determining the operational parameter in the predetermined sequence for each component is now described. It starts with the component that is first in the sequence: i) if the value of the operational parameter is allocated to the component, the value is adopted as a value of the operational parameter that is available for the operation, ii) if no value of the operational parameter is allocated to the components, one available value of the operational parameter that was available until then still remains available, iii) if another component is provided in the sequence, the method is carried out with the component.

Abstract: A taught point correcting device for correcting a taught point in an operation program of a robot. The device includes a judging section judging whether position data of any of a plurality of different taught points, previously taught and included in an operation program, has been corrected or not; and a data correcting section correcting, when the judging section judges that position data of a first taught point among the different taught points has been corrected, position data of a correlative taught point having a relative positional relationship with the first taught point, in accordance with a taught-point rule previously prescribing the relative positional relationship between the different taught points. The device may also include a storing section storing the taught-point rule. The taught-point rule may include a rule prescribing a distance between any two taught points among the different taught points.

Abstract: The present invention supplies practical procedures, functions or techniques for folding tessellations. Several tessellation crease pattern techniques, and the three-dimensional folded configuration are given. Additionally several new forming processes, including mathematical methods for describing the material flow are disclosed doubly-periodic folding of materials that name the doubly-periodic folded (DPF) surface, including vertices, edges, and facets, at any stage of the folding. This information is necessary for designing tooling and forming equipment, for analyzing strength and deflections of the DPFs under a variety of conditions, for modeling the physical properties of DPF laminations and composite structures, for understanding the acoustic or other wave absorption/diffusion/reflection characteristics, and for analyzing and optimizing the structure of DPFs in any other physical situation.

Abstract: This working apparatus for a component or a board includes a head unit and a control portion. The control portion performs control of calculating a rotation angle in a horizontal plane of the head unit from displacement of the center of a first imaging portion and displacement of the center of a second imaging portion and correcting the center position of a working mechanism portion on the basis of the amount of rotation-induced displacement of the center of the working mechanism portion due to the rotation angle, a first amount of displacement in a first direction in the horizontal plane being not induced by rotation of the center of the working mechanism portion, and a second amount of displacement in a second direction in the horizontal plane being not induced by the rotation of the center of the working mechanism portion when moving the head unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ring (i.e. class, championship, or affiliation) begins by receiving order data specifying a series of personalization elements, such as the addition of text and icon designs. A geometric model for each personalization item is constructed. To assemble text panels, the operating system provides font geometry for a desired TrueType font. Then a set of splines are created from the font geometry and are then tessellated to generate polyline sets of data, which are then spaced and mapped between two boundary curves. The personalization elements are then projected onto one of the model's 3D surfaces. A set of machining instructions for a milling machine is generated by obtaining a set of machining pattern strategies, generating a set of curves, projecting the toolpath onto the surface of the ring to calculate the 3D toolpath, and rotating it to a desired angle.

Abstract: A drilling machine drills at a multiplicity of target locations on a component. Two robots, calibrated with calibration data, move the component in a 6-D coordinate system. A metrology system ascertains the position of the component relative to the drilling machine. The movement of the robots is effected by commands generated by off-line programming. The component is moved relative to the drilling machine to a target position, ready for drilling, by a closed-loop process in which the differences in position between the expected position (the target position) and the actual position (as viewed by the metrology system) are corrected.