A computing system including a processing circuit in communication with a camera having a field of view, The processing circuit obtains image information based on the objects in the field of view and defines a minimum viable region for a target open corner. Potential minimum viable regions are defined by identifying candidate edges of an object and determining potential intersection points based on the candidate edges. The minimum viable region may then be identified and validated from the potential minimum viable regions.

Systems and methods for object detection and robotic control or pickup of the detected objects are provided. Systems and methods described herein provide for the determination and adjustment of minimum viable regions on a surface of an object for robotic pickup. Determination of a minimum viable region may increase the accuracy and efficiency of robotic object handling. The minimum viable region may be used to select grasping areas for a movement operation configured to provide supplemental image information for estimating dimensions of a target object.

A device for additive manufacturing of a workpiece (10; 30) having a cell-like building space (24) for the workpiece to be built, preferably layer by layer, and an additive manufacturing unit (14; 34, 36) provided on or in the building space, wherein a workpiece measurement apparatus (16, 18, 20; 40, 42; 82, 86) is provided on or in the building space such that the workpiece measurement apparatus that provides the workpiece with irradiation from an irradiation source has a detector unit (22; 42) configured to detect an irradiation image of the workpiece provided with the irradiation on and/or through an outer wall of the workpiece, and/or to detect a nuclear spin image of the workpiece provided with the magnetic field excitation, and to generate workpiece measurement data from the irradiation image or the nuclear spin image.

A method of forming an airfoil includes casting the airfoil with an internal cooling circuit and an exterior surface with a positive feature. The exterior surface of the airfoil is scanned with a first probe. A size and a location of the positive feature are identified based on the scan of the exterior surface. A transformation matrix is created with a controller such that the transformation matrix includes toolpath transformation instructions. A transformed set of machine toolpath instructions is created by applying the transformation matrix using the controller to a first set of machine toolpath instructions to align the first set of machine toolpath instructions relative to the positive feature. A contour is then machined into the exterior surface of the airfoil based on the transformed set of machine toolpath instructions.

In one aspect, the present invention relates to a contour checking device for calculating path deviations from a target path of a cutting head of a laser machine tool. The contour checking device comprises a reference texture interface for reading a reference texture along the target path, which is defined in particular for cutting a contour, a controller, which is intended for controlling the laser machine tool in such a way that the cutting head traverses the target path; at least one camera, wherein the controller for controlling the at least one camera is intended for continuously capturing overlapping frames of the reference texture along the traversed path; a processor, which is intended for executing an image processing algorithm for reconstructing the trajectory traversed by the cutting head from the captured overlapping frames of the reference texture; and wherein the processor is intended for calculating deviations between the reconstruction of the path traversed by the cutting head and the target path. The contour checking device also comprises an output interface, which is intended for outputting the calculated deviations.

A computing system including a processing circuit in communication with a camera having a field of view. The processing circuit obtains image information based on the objects in the field of view and defines a minimum viable region for a target open corner. Potential minimum viable regions are defined by identifying candidate edges of an object and determining potential intersection points based on the candidate edges. The minimum viable region may then be identified and validated from the potential minimum viable regions.