Google Inc.

Joseph Neil Reichenbach

Toby Ge Xu

Nivedita Ravi

John William Zevenbergen, Iv

John William Zevenbergen

Christopher James Coomes

Edward Gallagher

Cedric Del Richard Chenal

Jeffrey Kendall

John William Zevenbergen Iv

Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for autonomous aerial imaging and environmental sensing of a datacenter. In one aspect a method includes executing, within a datacenter and by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in data communication with a server, a connectivity-enabled navigation process to collect data from the datacenter; determining, during execution of the connectivity-enabled navigation process and by the UAV, that connection to the server is lost so that the connectivity-enabled navigation process cannot be continued; and in response to determining that connection to the server is lost, executing, by the UAV, an autonomous navigation process until the connection to the server is recovered, wherein the autonomous navigation process navigates the datacenter using visual tags positioned in the datacenter.

Autonomous aerial imaging and environmental sensing of a datacenter

A manufacturing process adopting the reconfigurable robotic manufacturing cells that can work conjointly and yet have the capabilities to be reconfigured to disconnect from other cells and handle multiple tasks. The reconfigurable robotic cell is not dependent on any other robotic cells to complete work in progress.

Reconfigurable robotic manufacturing cells

The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The movement of the one or more insertion rods may have a gradually decreasing deceleration as the insertion rods move towards the memory socket.

DIMM insertion electronic cam insertion profile

The technology relates to a memory insertion machine for inserting memory modules into memory sockets on a circuit board. The memory insertion machine may include one or more insertion rods moveably mounted to one or more vertical guides, one or more profilometers, and an insertion controller. The insertion controller may be configured to apply an insertion force to a memory module in a memory socket, by controlling the movement of the one or more insertion rods on the one or more vertical guides. The insertion controller may be further configured to determine, based on information received from the one or more profilometers, a measured distance between a top of the memory module and a top of the memory socket.

Memory insertion machine

An automated rack imaging system is provided, including an automated guided vehicle having a housing and a propulsion system configured to move the housing. The automated rack imaging system may include an imaging system coupled to the housing. The imaging system may include a plurality of cameras. The cameras each may be configured to have a respective field of view. The fields of view may be at least partially non-overlapping with one another. The automated rack imaging system may also include an image processor configured to combine a plurality of images taken by the cameras into a single mosaic image. A method of imaging a datacenter rack with the automated guided vehicle is also provided. The method may include moving the automated guided vehicle to a first target location aligned with the datacenter rack, taking the plurality of images, and combining the plurality of images into the single mosaic image.

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Snoqualmie, WA, United States of America

Joseph Neil Reichenbach