US Patent 11520571 Software defined manufacturing/assembly system

The present system is a software defined manufacturing (SDM) system that integrates several technologies and methods into a system that automates the process of engineering and operating automated manufacturing systems (aka “automating automation”). In one embodiment, some or all of the below aspects of the “automating automation” system are integrated: modular, configurable, reusable manufacturing cells; computer vision systems; autocalibration systems; a recipe-based programming environment; configuration management system; production analytics; and a marketplace for sharing recipes.