Knowledge AUTOGEN: Automatic Generation of Control Programs for Robotic Welding Ship Structure

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ASE_906001 "Ship Structure Neutral Model Interpreter Guide"
This document frames the AUTOGEN Ship Structure Neutral Model, its data arrays, rules sets and functional processes. It describes attributing the Model with the means and intent of ship manufacture; limited to the fabrication, assemblage and weld joining of structure panel products. Available to the U. S. Shipbuilding Industry. If you would like to request a copy, please provide your company name, complete mailing address and phone number.
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ASE_906002 "Rules to Partition Weld Tasks"
This document contains weld classification, partitioning and concatenation; rules to partition weld task into individual segments and transition regions; and rules for concatenation of individual weld segments and transition regions. Available to the U. S. Shipbuilding Industry. If you would like to request a copy, please provide your company name, complete mailing address and phone number.
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ASE_906003 "Develop Torch Manipulation Strategies"
This report discusses AUTOGEN's torch manipulation strategies based on control of seven variables in relation to the workpiece weld joints.  Available to the U. S. Shipbuilding Industry. If you would like to request a copy, please provide your company name, complete mailing address and phone number.
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ASE_906004 "Automated Planning of Individual Welds for a Single Robot"
This report documents the project's completion of the task of automating off line planning of individual welds for a single robot, including design of manipulator joint trajectories, by coupling the inverse mechanics solution to the abstraction of ship structure and the abstraction of welding tasks. Available to the U. S. Shipyards. If you would like to request a copy, please provide your company name, complete mailing address and phone number. 
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ASE_906005 "Verification and Validation Testing"
This report documents the required verification and validation tests of the functionality added to AutoGen by the Tasks in work Phase 5. The purpose of the tests is verification of accurate torch position and pose against work features placed carefully from the fiducial marks; presented both directly and reflexively. The tests also validate that previously proved functionality continues to perform correctly with the new code in place. Available to the U. S. Shipyards. If you would like to request a copy, please provide your company name, complete mailing address and phone number.
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ASE_906006 "Summary Technical Report"
AUTOGEN is software that automates planning and compiling of control programs for robotic welding of ship structures. The software works by evaluating the geometric context of computer representations of ship designs and manufacturing plans. This summary report provides an account of work accomplished and details of the extent of offline programming automation achieved. It also discusses the economic consequences of investing in a large multiple manipulator robot welding system driven by control programs generated by AUTOGEN. Available to the U. S. Shipyards. If you would like to request a copy, please provide your company name, complete mailing address and phone number.
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Last update:8/3/10