公开(公告)号：US20220341892A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17824656

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Jose Aparicio ,  Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Troy Demmer ,  Edward A. Bryner ,  Scott Ashley Corl

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

Abstract: Robotic systems for rapid ultrasonic surface inspection are described. An example system may have an inspection robot to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface. The robot may have a payload with a first and a second ultrasonic (UT) phased array, and a rastering device that executes a reciprocating motion of the payload. The system may have an inspection controller with a positioning circuit to provide an inspection position command, an inspection circuit to provide a rastering position command and an interrogation command. The robot is responsive to the inspection position command to move to an inspection position, and the rastering device is responsive to the rastering position command to move the payload through at least a portion of a range of reciprocating motion. The UT phased arrays are responsive to the interrogation command to perform an inspection on three axes of inspection.

公开(公告)号：US20220341886A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17726336

申请日：2022-04-21

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Jose Aparicio ,  Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Troy Demmer ,  Edward A. Bryner ,  Scott Ashley Corl

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for ultra-sonic inspection of a surface are described. An example system may include an inspection robot structured to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface. The inspection robot may include a payload including a first ultrasonic (UT) phased array and a second UT phased array, the first UT phased array and the second UT phased array being arranged in a parallel configuration. The inspection robot may include a rastering device structured to move the payload in a direction of inspection, the direction of inspection being distinct from the direction of travel and the direction of inspection being distinct from the parallel configuration of the first UT phased array and the second UT phased array.

公开(公告)号：US12228550B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US17824534

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Jose Aparicio ,  Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Troy Demmer ,  Edward A. Bryner ,  Scott Ashley Corl

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

Abstract: Robotic systems for ultrasonic surface inspection using shaped elements are described. An example system may have an inspection robot structured to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface. The inspection robot may include: a payload having a first ultrasonic (UT) phased array and a second UT phased array, a rastering device operatively coupled to the payload, and structured to execute reciprocating motion of the payload, and a means for inspecting a weld affected region of the inspection surface on three (3) axes of inspection.

公开(公告)号：US12061173B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17824261

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Jose Aparicio ,  Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora ,  Kevin Y. Low

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

CPC classification number: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N2291/0289

Abstract: Robotic inspection devices for simultaneous surface measurements at multiple orientations are described. An example inspection device includes a robot and a first payload, where the robot is structured to move along an inspection surface in a first direction of travel. The first payload includes a first inspection assembly structured to support two phased array elements. The first phased array element has a first surface orientation and a first directional orientation, and the second phased array element has a second surface orientation and a second directional orientation. A raster device is structured to move the first inspection assembly in a second direction of travel along the inspection surface, wherein the first direction of travel and the second direction of travel are different.

公开(公告)号：US20240255471A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18602689

申请日：2024-03-12

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Kevin Y. Low

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

CPC classification number: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N2291/0289

Abstract: An example system may have a payload for an inspection robot structured to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface. The payload may have a first sensor holder structured to support a first ultrasonic (UT) phased array at a first orientation, a second sensor holder structured to hold a second ultrasonic (UT) phased array at a second orientation, and a sensor holder linking component interposed between the first sensor holder and the second sensor holder. The sensor holder linking component may be structured to interact with the first and second sensor holders such that the first UT phased array and the second UT phased array are placed in a parallel configuration along a long edge of both the first and second UT phased array, and the first sensor holder and the second sensor holder are pivotably connected to the sensor holder linking component.

公开(公告)号：US11977054B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US18189674

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Jose Aparicio ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Edward A. Bryner ,  Troy Demmer ,  Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora ,  Scott Ashley Corl

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

CPC classification number: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N2291/0289

Abstract: Systems for ultrasonic measurements of an inspection surface is described. An inspection robot with a payload moves in a direction of travel across an inspection surface. The payload has two sensor holders, the first sensor holder to hold a first UT array at a first orientation and the second to hold a second UT array at a second orientation A sensor holder linking component holds the two UT phased arrays in a parallel configuration along their long edges. An arm of the payload may be pivotably connected to both the sensor linking component at one end and a lift connection element on the other end. The lift component has a lift motor to raise the lift connection element. A rastering device moves the payload in a direction of inspection which is distinct from both the direction of travel and the parallel configuration of the two phased UT arrays.

公开(公告)号：US20220341891A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17824548

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Chase David ,  Kevin Y. Low

IPC: G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/04

Abstract: Systems and methods for robotic inspection with simultaneous surface measurements at multiple orientations with obstacle avoidance are described. An example system may have an inspection robot structured to move in a direction of travel along an inspection surface. The robot may have a payload with first and second sensor holders, each sensor holder structured to hold a UT phased array. A sensor holder linking component holds the first and sensor holders such that the two phased arrays are parallel to one another along a long edge of both the phased arrays. The system may have a rastering device to move the payloads in a direction of inspection, whether the direction of inspection is distinct from the direction of travel and distinct from the parallel orientation of the two phased arrays.