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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Invert Robotics Limited, Christchurch, NZ;
Inventors:
Paul David Harris, Lower Hutt, NZ;
Andrew William Taylor, Christchurch, NZ;
Assignee:
Invert Robotics Limited, Christchurch, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/075 (2006.01); B62D 57/024 (2006.01); G01N 29/265 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/075 (2013.01); B62D 57/024 (2013.01); G01N 29/225 (2013.01); G01N 29/265 (2013.01); G01N 29/348 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0423 (2013.01); G01N 2291/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A moving robot has at least one surface wave transducer or a transmitter and receiver, to identify defects on or in a surface on which the robot moves, and provide data indicative of the location, size and/or orientation of the defects from robot position data.