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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Hibot Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Selim Akin, Kocaeli, TR;
Selami Haydar Icli, Baden, AG, CH;
Christopher Paul Markman, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brian William Graham, Schenectady, NY (US);
Satoshi Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Salvatore Sessa, Tokyo, JP;
Paulo Cesar Debenest, Tokyo, JP;
Giacomo Cimarelli, Tokyo, JP;
GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US);
Abstract
A sensor interface module for an inspection robot includes a scissor lift for varied radial positioning of, and a universal sensor mount for mounting, a selected one of a plurality of different sensors. A visual inspection module for the robot includes an inspection unit for simultaneously visually inspecting a first surface facing a first direction and a spaced, second surface facing an opposing, second direction toward the first surface. The inspection unit includes a first visual sensor and a second visual sensor, each visual sensor facing in a direction different than the first and second directions. A first reflector reflects an image of the first surface to the first visual sensor, and a second reflector reflects an image of the second surface to the second visual sensor. A robot system may include the sensor interface module and the inspection unit.