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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11518031 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

May. 08, 2020

System and method for traversing an obstacle with an inspection robot

Applicant:

Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Joshua D. Moore, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Dillon R. Jourde, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Mark J. Loosararian, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Edwin H. Cho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Katherine Virginia Denner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Yizhu Gu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Ian Miller, Aspinwall, PA (US);

Alvin Chou, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Mark Cho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Francesco H. Trogu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Domenic P. Rodriguez, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:

GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates

Primary Examiner:

David L Singer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 17/06 (2006.01); G01B 17/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G01B 17/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2021.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1669 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/0015 (2013.01); B25J 9/102 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1602 (2013.01); B25J 9/1617 (2013.01); B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1666 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); B25J 19/0029 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); G01B 11/0616 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 11/303 (2013.01); G01B 17/025 (2013.01); G01B 17/06 (2013.01); G01B 17/08 (2013.01); G01J 3/50 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and methods for traversing an obstacle with an inspection robot are disclosed. An example system may include an inspection robot including an obstacle sensor to interrogate an inspection surface. The example may further include an obstacle sensory data circuit to interpret obstacle sensory data provided by the obstacle sensor, an obstacle processing circuit to determine refined obstacle data, and an obstacle notification circuit to generate and provide obstacle notification data to a user interface device. The example system may further include a user interface circuit to interpret a user request value from the user interface device, and to determine an obstacle response command value in response to the user request value; and an obstacle configuration circuit to provide the obstacle response command value to the inspection robot during the interrogating of the inspection surface.

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