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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Fraser M. Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Brian J. Maclean, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Glenn Colvin, Park City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 17/00 (2006.01); B63B 59/10 (2006.01); B63B 59/06 (2006.01); B63B 9/00 (2006.01); B63B 59/08 (2006.01); B62D 55/265 (2006.01); B62D 55/32 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 17/00 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/41 (2013.01); B63B 59/10 (2013.01); B63B 59/06 (2013.01); Y10S 901/44 (2013.01); B63B 9/00 (2013.01); B63B 59/08 (2013.01); B62D 55/265 (2013.01); B62D 55/32 (2013.01); B63G 8/001 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hull inspection robot for autonomously inspecting a hull includes a robot body and a drive subsystem onboard the robot for driving and maneuvering the robot about the hull. An autonomous inspection system non-destructively inspects the hull by detecting a state of or near a portion of the hull and comparing the detected state with a stored state of the portion of the hull.