Described herein are methods and systems to establish a pre-build relationship in a model that specifies a first parameter for a first feature of a structure and a second parameter for a second feature of the structure. In particular, a computing system may receive data specifying a pre-build relationship that defines a build value of the first parameter in terms of a post-build observed value of the second parameter. During production of the structure, the computing system may determine the post-build observed value of the second parameter and, based on the determined post-build observed value, may determine the build value of the first parameter in accordance with the pre-build relationship. After determining the build value, the computing system may then transmit, to a robotic system, an instruction associated with production of the first feature by the robotic system, with that instruction specifying the determined build value of the first parameter.

Disclosed are example embodiments of methods and systems for identifying and quantifying manufacturing defects of a manufactured dental prosthesis. Certain embodiments of the system for performing quality control on manufactured dental prostheses includes: an analysis module to best fit a scanned 3D data model of a manufactured dental prosthesis with a computer-aided design (CAD) model of the same manufactured dental prosthesis and to generate a differences model; and a quality controller to determine whether the manufactured dental prosthesis is a good or a defective product based on a statistical characteristic of the differences model.

The invention relates to a device for managing the movements of a robot configured to treat a surface, said device including: acquisition means for acquiring a three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated; and determination means for determining a sequence of movements on the basis of said three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated; said determination means comprising at least one three-dimensional generic model (m1-m3) for which a plurality of sequences of movements (Tx) are known; said device including adjustment means for adjusting said generic model (m1-m3) with said three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated that are able to deform said generic model (m1-m3) and known sequences of movements (Tx) so as to correspond to said three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated.

A method for automated part probing using a physical machine defining a physical working volume, the method including: generating a virtual model based on a virtual part design received from a user account, the virtual model comprising a virtual part model, based on the virtual part design, virtually fixed to a virtual fixture plate arranged within a virtual working volume representative of the physical working volume; generating a probing routine based on the virtual model; sending the probing routine to the machine; receiving probe outputs from the machine; and validating the virtual model based on the probe outputs.

A robotic assembly cell is configured to generate a physical mesh of physical polygons based on a simulated mesh of simulated triangles. A control application configured to operate the assembly cell selects a simulated polygon in the simulated mesh and then causes a positioning robot in the cell to obtain a physical polygon that is similar to the simulated polygon. The positioning robot positions the polygon on the physical mesh, and a welding robot in the cell then welds the polygon to the mesh. The control application captures data that reflects how the physical polygon is actually positioned on the physical mesh, and then updates the simulated mesh to be geometrically consistent with the physical mesh. In doing so, the control application may execute a multi-objective solver to generate an updated simulated mesh that meets specific design criteria.

In a system of manufacturing an orthodontic wire, a method for manufacturing the orthodontic wire using the system, and an orthodontic wire bending machine for performing the system, the system includes a teeth data obtaining part, a simulating part, a calculating part and a wire manufacturing part. The teeth data obtaining part obtains present teeth data of a patient. The simulating part generates final teeth data. The calculating part compares a predetermined threshold to a compared value between the present teeth data of the patient and the final teeth data. The wire manufacturing part selectively manufactures a wire for an orthodontic process or a wire for a dentition maintenance process based on a compared result of the calculating part.

Systems and methods are disclosed for automated inspection and part enrollment. In one implementation, a selection of an area of a part is received within a graphical user interface depicting a representation of the part. Based on the selection of the area of the part, a location of the selected area is determined. Image capture parameter(s) are determined based on the determined location. Based on (a) the determined image capture parameters and (b) the location of the selected area, an inspection path is computed with respect to the part. The computed inspection path is executed with respect to the part via an inspection system.

Various embodiments include a manufacturing system comprising: a communication module for receiving a three-dimensional model and control commands including manufacturing instructions for the manufacturing machine with respective reference values, tolerance values, and/or intervention tolerance values; a manufacturing module, wherein the model, the instructions, and the commands are used to manufacture an object; a calculating module using the three-dimensional model and the manufacturing instructions to calculate the control commands; and a measuring device having a communication module for receiving the three-dimensional model, a capture module using sensors to measure the manufactured object, captured for the reference values and/or the tolerance values and/or intervention tolerance values, and a checking module, wherein a divergence of the measured values from the applicable manufacturing reference values and an exceeding of the associated manufacturing tolerance values and/or the associated intervention tolerance values result in a control signal.

In a system of manufacturing an orthodontic wire, a method for manufacturing the orthodontic wire using the system, and an orthodontic wire bending machine for performing the system, the system includes a teeth data obtaining part, a simulating part, a calculating part and a wire manufacturing part. The teeth data obtaining part obtains present teeth data of a patient. The simulating part generates final teeth data. The calculating part compares a predetermined threshold to a compared value between the present teeth data of the patient and the final teeth data. The wire manufacturing part selectively manufactures a wire for an orthodontic process or a wire for a dentition maintenance process based on a compared result of the calculating part.

A robotic assembly cell is configured to generate a physical mesh of physical polygons based on a simulated mesh of simulated triangles. A control application configured to operate the assembly cell selects a simulated polygon in the simulated mesh and then causes a positioning robot in the cell to obtain a physical polygon that is similar to the simulated polygon. The positioning robot positions the polygon on the physical mesh, and a welding robot in the cell then welds the polygon to the mesh. The control application captures data that reflects how the physical polygon is actually positioned on the physical mesh, and then updates the simulated mesh to be geometrically consistent with the physical mesh. In doing so, the control application may execute a multi-objective solver to generate an updated simulated mesh that meets specific design criteria.