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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 25, 2022
Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Chase David, Montgomery, TX (US);
Jose Aparicio, Katy, TX (US);
Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Troy Demmer, Glenshaw, PA (US);
Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Scott Ashley Corl, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Robotic systems for rapid ultrasonic surface inspection are described. An example system may have an inspection robot to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface. The robot may have a payload with a first and a second ultrasonic (UT) phased array, and a rastering device that executes a reciprocating motion of the payload. The system may have an inspection controller with a positioning circuit to provide an inspection position command, an inspection circuit to provide a rastering position command and an interrogation command. The robot is responsive to the inspection position command to move to an inspection position, and the rastering device is responsive to the rastering position command to move the payload through at least a portion of a range of reciprocating motion. The UT phased arrays are responsive to the interrogation command to perform an inspection on three axes of inspection.