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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Daniel Schütz, Lehre, DE;
Maik Otremba, Braunschweig, DE;
Stephan Herold, Braunschweig, DE;
Juan Mauricio Toro Ramos, Braunschweig, DE;
Kristoph Toppel, Hannover, DE;
Assignee:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S 3/008 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); B25J 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A service station for vehicles of an autonomous vehicle fleet. The service station includes at least one service module that is designed to identify the dirtiness of at least one vehicle component of the vehicle. The service module also includes at least one mobile robot and/or a robot arm on which a tool is arranged for identifying dirtiness. The tool includes at least one optical sensor and preferably at least one light source and/or at least one vapor emitter.