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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Iqbal Hussain, Khobar, SA;
Abdullah Zubail, Dhahran, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A robotic vehicle for moving above ground while fabricating a subsurface polymer layer to protect an underground structure is provided. The robotic vehicle includes: a body; a rotational member that contacts the ground and moves the body over the ground; a ripper assembly having a proximal end that moves with the body, and a distal end that moves underground at a fabrication depth in response to the movement of the proximal end while fabricating the polymer layer; a ground penetrating radar (GPR) that locates and measures a depth of the underground structure below the ground; and a computerized control system that controls the rotational member, the distal end of the ripper assembly, and the GPR to move the body over the located underground structure while tracking the location of the underground structure and fabricating the polymer layer at the fabrication depth and above the measured depth of the underground structure.