Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors: “Many vehicle manufacturers employ robotic units during veh icle painting to not only open and close the vehicle doors, but to apply paint t o the vehicle doors. Typically, one robotic unit is used to open and close the v ehicle doors, and another robotic unit is used for paint application. Usually, o pening and closure of the vehicle doors is accomplished by inserting a tool (e.g ., a pin, a paddle, a gripper, etc.) into the window channels in the vehicle doo rs or via magnetic engagement between the tool and the vehicle doors. Before a v ehicle door is opened, however, the robotic units typically require confirmation that the vehicle door is not only present, but sufficiently engaged by the robo tic unit, absent which, movement and operation of the robotic unit will not occu r or will cease.
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