{"number":"US12697734B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Image-based guidance for robotic wire pickup","english":"Image-based guidance for robotic wire pickup"},"abstract":{"original":"Systems and methods for automated wire pickup using image-based robot guidance. The machine vision-based system includes: a robot arm; a tool head coupled to the distal end of the robot arm and including a wire gripper motor; a wire gripper movably coupled to the tool head and operatively coupled to the wire gripper motor; a wire holder configured for clamping a wire; camera means mounted to the distal end of the robot arm and having first and second fields of view which intersect in a volume of space that includes the tip of the wire gripper and the wire holder; and a computer system configur…","english":"Systems and methods for automated wire pickup using image-based robot guidance. The machine vision-based system includes: a robot arm; a tool head coupled to the distal end of the robot arm and including a wire gripper motor; a wire gripper movably coupled to the tool head and operatively coupled to the wire gripper motor; a wire holder configured for clamping a wire; camera means mounted to the distal end of the robot arm and having first and second fields of view which intersect in a volume of space that includes the tip of the wire gripper and the wire holder; and a computer system configur…"},"applicants":["The Boeing Company"],"inventors":["Heiko Hoffman","Jeffrey A. McCaskey","Lars E. Blacken","Bradley J. Mitchell","Damien O. Martin"],"filingDate":"2024-10-14","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12697734B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12697734B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12697734B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12697734B2"}}