Carnegie Mellon University

Andrew Strat

Herman Herman

Anthony Joseph Stentz

Jean-Sebastien Valois

Eric Meyhofer

Alonzo James Kelly

Christopher L Baker

David G Galati

Justin C Haines

Stuart Edwin Lawrence, Iii

Christopher Randolph Baker

Alonzo J Kelley

Stuart Edwin Lawrence

Anthony Stentz

The invention disclosed herein describes a supervised autonomy system designed to precisely model, inspect and process the surfaces of complex three-dimensional objects. The current application context for this system is laser coating removal of aircraft, but this invention is suitable for use in a wide variety of applications that require close, precise positioning and maneuvering of an inspection or processing tool over the entire surface of a physical object. For example, this system, in addition to laser coating removal, could also apply new coatings, perform fine-grained or gross inspection tasks, deliver and/or use manufacturing process tools or instruments, and/or verify the results of other manufacturing processes such as but not limited to welding, riveting, or the placement of various surface markings or fixtures.

Supervised autonomous robotic system for complex surface inspection and processing

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Andrew Strat