Cobot welding system
A cobot welding system includes: at least one modular support device configured for having coupled thereto and thus for supporting thereby at least one modular accessory such that the cobot welding system is modular.
1 . A method of using a cobot welding system, the method comprising the steps of:
providing that the cobot welding system includes at least one support device and at least one accessory;
coupling the at least one accessory to the at least one support device, and thereby supporting the at least one accessory such that the cobot welding system is modular, the at least one support device being at least two modular carts, which include a first modular cart and a second modular cart, which is detachably connected directly to the first modular cart using a plurality of fasteners and not a pipe clamp, each of the first modular cart and the second modular cart including a first edge region and a second edge region, the first edge region being a straight connection region including a vertical skirt portion, the second edge region being connected directly to the first edge region and being a convexly curved non-connection region having an absence of the vertical skirt portion, the vertical skirt portion of the first modular cart and the vertical skirt portion of the second modular cart being detachably connected directly with one another using the plurality of fasteners; and
using the cobot welding system.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two modular carts includes a frame and a horizontal support structure mounted to the frame, the horizontal support structure defining a welding workspace.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the cobot welding system further comprises a cobot configured for performing a welding task, the cobot being mounted to the first modular cart.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one accessory is coupled with the frame at a select location of one of the at least two modular carts, wherein the at least one accessory includes at least one of: a pegboard panel; a clamp hanger rail; a fixture setup pin rail; a drawer; a bin box panel; a storage shelf; a spray can shelf; a drawer divider; a blanking closeout plate; a tabletop weld screen; and an angle grinder hanger.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein one of the at least two modular carts includes a leveling arrangement.
6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first modular cart includes a mounting device configured for supporting a wire feed assembly or a shielding gas container.
7 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first modular cart includes a storage container configured for storing therein an input/output device, the first modular cart includes the first edge region, a third edge region, and the second edge region extending between the first edge region and the third edge region, the second modular cart including the first edge region connected directly to the first edge region of the first modular cart, a third edge region having a shorter length relative to and connected directly to the first edge region of the second modular cart, a fourth edge region connected directly to the third edge region of the second modular cart, and the second edge region extending between the first edge region of the second modular cart and the fourth edge region of the second modular cart.
8 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least two modular carts include a third modular cart, a fourth modular cart, and a fifth modular cart, the third modular cart being connected directly to the first modular cart, the fourth modular cart being connected directly to the second modular cart, and the fifth modular cart being connected directly to the third modular cart, the second modular cart being substantially similar to the fifth modular cart, the third modular cart being substantially similar to the fourth modular cart.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the first modular cart, the second modular cart, the third modular cart, the fourth modular cart, and the fifth modular cart collectively form a substantially round perimeter, the cobot being configured for performing the welding task selectively at the first modular cart and at at least one of the second modular cart, the third modular cart, the fourth modular cart, and the fifth modular cart.