Built Robotics Inc.

Lucas Allen Bruder

Noah Austen Ready-Campbell

Andrew Xiao Liang

Gaurav Jitendra Kikani

James Alan Emerick

Ammar Idris Kothari

Thomas Pech

Christian John Wawrzonek

Sarah Marie Thornton

Pradeesh Suganthan

Alan Argondizza

Hee Gu Yea

Evan West

Cyrus McMann Ready-Campbell

Joonhyun Kim

Edward Jiachang Cai

Elizabeth Maitland Murdoch

An excavation vehicle capable of autonomously actuating an excavation tool or navigating an excavation vehicle to perform an excavation routine within an excavation site is described herein. Sensors mounted to the excavation vehicle and the excavation tool produce signals representative of a position and orientation of the corresponding joint relative on the excavation vehicle relative to the excavation site, a position and orientation of the excavation vehicle relative to the excavation site, and one or more features of the excavation site based on the position of the excavation vehicle within the excavation site. A set of solenoids are configured to couple to corresponding hydraulic valves of the excavation tool to actuate the valve. A controller produces actuating signals to control the joints of the excavation tool to autonomously perform the excavation routine based on the signals produced by the sensors.

Sensor retrofit to autonomously actuate an excavation vehicle

This description provides an autonomous or semi-autonomous earth shaping vehicle that is capable of cooperatively filling earth into a fill location in a dig site. A first earth shaping vehicle configured with a hauling tool carrying a volume of earth navigates to the fill location. At the fill location, the first earth shaping vehicle navigates over a target tool path to fill earth from the hauling tool into the fill location. As the first earth shaping vehicle fills earth into the fill location, a measurement sensor coupled to the first earth shaping vehicle measures a compaction level of earth filled into the fill location. If the measured compaction level is determined to be below a threshold compaction level, the first earth shaping vehicle communicates a request for a second earth shaping vehicle configured with a compaction tool to compact earth in the fill location.

Filling earth into a vehicle using a cooperative fleet of vehicles

This description provides an autonomous or semi-autonomous earth shaping vehicle that is capable of cooperatively executing an earth shaping routine in a dig site with other earth shaping vehicles. A first earth shaping vehicle configured with a tool for excavating earth navigates to a dig location containing earth to be excavated. The first earth shaping vehicle identifies a loading location where the first vehicle may transfer earth to a second earth shaping vehicle configured with a tool for hauling earth between locations. Upon navigating to the loading location and detecting the second earth shaping vehicle at the loading location, the first earth shaping vehicle transfers earth from its excavation tool to the hauling tool of the second earth shaping vehicle.

Loading earth into a vehicle using a cooperative fleet of vehicles

A computing device generates a graphical user interface displaying a three-dimensional representation of the site comprising a position of a vehicle capable of moving material within the site and a target location within the site for the vehicle to move material. The computing device transmits a set of instructions for the vehicle to move a volume of material from the target location. The computing device receives sensor data describing a depth of the target location, a current volume of material moved from the target location, and a position of the vehicle. The graphical user interface displayed on the computing device is modified to display the current depth of the target location, and the position of the vehicle relative to the target location. The computing device modifies the set of instructions based on the received sensor data and provides the modified set of instructions to the vehicle.

Graphical user interface for real-time management of an earth shaping vehicle

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Lucas Allen Bruder