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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12398837 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2023

Robots for water tunnel inspection and systems thereof

Applicant:

Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics Limited, Hong Kong, CN;

Inventors:

Jianshu Zhou, Hong Kong, CN;

Junda Huang, Hong Kong, CN;

Yunhui Liu, Hong Kong, CN;

Assignee:

HONG KONG CENTRE FOR LOGISTICS ROBOTICS LIMITED, Hong Kong, CN;

Attorney:

EAGLE IP LIMITED

Primary Examiner:

Mahmoud S Ismail

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/32 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/04 (2006.01); B63G 8/08 (2006.01); B63G 8/39 (2006.01); F16L 55/46 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); F16L 101/30 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/32 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63G 8/04 (2013.01); B63G 8/08 (2013.01); B63G 8/39 (2013.01); F16L 55/46 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G05D 1/0206 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/685 (2023.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); F16L 2101/30 (2013.01); G01S 15/89 (2013.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, provided is a robot for water tunnel inspection, comprising: (a) a shell, comprising an upper shell and a lower shell; wherein the upper shell and the lower shell are sized and shaped to match each other, together defining a closed cavity therewithin; (b) a camera system, configured to capture an image or video of a field of view of surrounding; (c) a lighting system, configured to provide illumination at least partially for the field of view; (d) a propulsion system, configured to provide propulsion force to the robot in water; and (e) a controlling system, configured to provide power and control operation of the robot, wherein the robot is configured to float on water and to have a center of gravity positioned lower than geometric center. Other example embodiments are described herein. In certain embodiments, the robots provide safe and efficient tunnel inspections without human operation.

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