Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drone based inspection system at railroad crossings
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Application No.: US16535455Application Date: 2019-08-08
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Publication No.: US11340618B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Alberto Daniel Lacaze , Karl Nicholas Murphy
- Applicant: Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MD Clarksburg
- Assignee: Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Robotic Research OpCo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Clarksburg
- Agency: RowanTree Law Group, PLLC
- Agent Carson C. K. Fincham
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; G05D1/10 ; G06F16/29 ; B64C39/02 ; G06V20/20 ; G06V20/56

Abstract:
In the present invention, a transformable robot has been developed that can both drive and fly in the air to detect the different safety conditions and is referred to as a hybrid UAV/UGV. The invention relates to a transformable robot capable of flying and driving for survey of humps, visual sight lines, gates, lights, grades, rail deformations, culverts, drainage pipes, or signs at railroad crossings that comprise a ground locomotion system, an air locomotion system, controls, and a sensor that is necessary to do the survey of the different safety related conditions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210041877A1 Drone Based Inspection System At Railroad Crossings Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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