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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS (US);
John S. Tomblin, Wichita, KS (US);
Waruna Seneviratne, Wichita, KS (US);
Caleb Saathoff, Wichita, KS (US);
John Matthew Tomblin, Wichita, KS (US);
Christopher Pini, Wichita, KS (US);
WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY, Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
An autonomous or semi-autonomous cell for inspecting composite parts, verifying repairs made to such parts, and facilitating repairs to composite parts. The cell employs automated inspection, damage assessment, and repair systems. An industrial robot automatically attaches to a set of interchangeable inspection and repair end effectors to carry out the inspection, verification, and repair processes. The cell can be equipped with fixtures for supporting a rotorcraft blade and rotating the blade within the cell so that the robot can access the entire blade. Processes are provided for performing inspections, tracking the inspection data for parts in a database, and carrying out repairs. Over time, a software applicant can use the inspection data to train a machine learning model for recognizing damage to the composite part based on inspection images.