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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2022
Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ignacio J. Cordova, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Francesco H. Trogu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Joshua D. Moore, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Yizhu Gu, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Ian Miller, Aspinwall, PA (US);
Alvin Chou, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mark Jake Loosararian, Glenshaw, PA (US);
Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Inspection robots and methods for inspection of curved surfaces with sensors at selected horizontal distances are described. An example of such an inspection robot includes a housing; a drive module with a wheel and a motor operatively linked to the housing, a plurality of sensor sleds, and a payload. The payload, which is coupled to the housing, may include a first and a second rail component, each with at least one connector, where the rail components are connectable at a first selected position of a plurality of discrete engagement positions. Each of the rail components may be structured to support at least one of the plurality of sleds where each of the plurality of sleds is coupled to the payload at a respective selected horizontal position such that the plurality of sleds are at selected horizontal distances from each other.