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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mauricio Castillo-Effen, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ching-Ling Huang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Raju Venkataramana, San Ramon, CA (US);
Roberto Silva Filho, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alex Tepper, Norwalk, CT (US);
Steven Gray, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Yakov Polishchuk, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Viktor Holovashchenko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Charles Theurer, Alplaus, NY (US);
Yang Zhao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ghulam Ali Baloch, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas Forman, Schenectady, NY (US);
Shiraj Sen, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Huan Tan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Arpit Jain, Schenectady, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for monitoring an asset via an autonomous model-driven inspection. In an example, the method may include storing an inspection plan including a virtually created three-dimensional (3D) model of a travel path with respect to a virtual asset that is created in virtual space, converting the virtually created 3D model of the travel path about the virtual asset into a physical travel path about a physical asset corresponding to the virtual asset, autonomously controlling vertical and lateral movement of the unmanned robot in three dimensions with respect to the physical asset based on the physical travel path and capturing data at one or more regions of interest, and capturing data at one or more regions of interest, and storing information concerning the captured data about the asset.