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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Daniel Fukuba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jos Goble, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Salomon Trujillo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Joseph Currier, Rochester, MN (US);
Wasiq Bokhari, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Daniel Fukuba, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jos Goble, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Salomon Trujillo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Joseph Currier, Rochester, MN (US);
Wasiq Bokhari, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
QBotix, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic controller for autonomous calibration and inspection of two or more solar surfaces wherein the robotic controller includes a drive system to position itself near a solar surface such that onboard sensors may be utilized to gather information about the solar surface. An onboard communication unit relays information to a central processing network, this processor combines new information with stored historical data to calibrate a solar surface and/or to determine its instantaneous health.