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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Eric Schwartz, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Stephen Cross, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Michael Gilbertson, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Kyle Bush, Juno Beach, FL (US);
David Wendeborn, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Armstrong, Portland, OR (US);
Scott Nowicki, Portland, OR (US);
Seth Hill, Portland, OR (US);
Florida Power & Light Company, Juno Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a docking station for a robotic platform. The docking station may include a ramp having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, a base pad, a roller assembly, and a roller backstop assembly. The roller assembly may be coupled to the ramp and the base pad. The roller assembly may be configured to allow a robotic platform being driven towards the ramp to continue powered travel onto the ramp for docking when the robotic platform approaches the ramp within an angle range of 0 and 15 degrees with respect to either of the first and second sides of the ramp. The roller backstop assembly may be coupled to the roller assembly and the base pad. The roller backstop assembly may receive the robotic platform from the roller assembly to dock the robotic platform.