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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Smruti Panigrahi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Pavithra Madhavan, Windsor, CA;
Justin Miller, Berkley, MI (US);
Timothy Feldkamp, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sanghyun Hong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kevin Hwang, Northville, MI (US);
Kurt Lundeen, Wixom, MI (US);
Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for fleet inspection and maintenance using a robot are provided. The robot may detect a maintenance issue of a vehicle of a fleet of vehicles via one or more sensors, generate a navigation route to a position proximal to the maintenance issue of the vehicle, traverse along the navigation route to the position, and execute a maintenance to rectify the maintenance issue of the vehicle. The robot may include a mobile base removably coupled to a modular platform for performing a maintenance task.