公开(公告)号：US20230087654A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US18057544

申请日：2022-11-21

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Edward A. Bryner ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Ignacio J. Cordova ,  Francesco H. Trogu ,  Joshua D. Moore ,  Yizhu Gu ,  Ian Miller ,  Alvin Chou ,  Mark Jake Loosararian

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/22 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62D5/04 ,  B62D53/02

Abstract: Inspection robots and methods for inspection of curved surfaces with sensors at selected horizontal distances are described. An example of such an inspection robot includes a housing; a drive module with a wheel and a motor operatively linked to the housing, a plurality of sensor sleds, and a payload. The payload, which is coupled to the housing, may include a first and a second rail component, each with at least one connector, where the rail components are connectable at a first selected position of a plurality of discrete engagement positions. Each of the rail components may be structured to support at least one of the plurality of sleds where each of the plurality of sleds is coupled to the payload at a respective selected horizontal position such that the plurality of sleds are at selected horizontal distances from each other.

公开(公告)号：US20200262261A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16813701

申请日：2020-03-09

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Mark J. Loosararian ,  Michael A. Binger ,  Edward A. Bryner ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Mark Cho ,  Alexander R. Cuti ,  Ignacio J. Cordova ,  Benjamin A. Guise ,  Dillon R. Jourde ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Logan A. MacKenzie ,  Joshua D. Moore ,  Jeffrey J. Mrkonich ,  William J. Pridgen ,  Domenic P. Rodriguez ,  Francesco H. Trogu ,  Alex C. Watt ,  Yizhu Gu ,  Ian Miller ,  Todd Joslin ,  Katherine Virginia Denner ,  Michael Stephen Auda ,  Samuel Theodore Westenberg

IPC: B60G17/015 ,  G01B17/02 ,  B60G21/00 ,  B60G17/02

Abstract: An inspection robot includes a robot body, at least two sensors, a drive module, a stability assist device and an actuator. The at least two sensors are positioned to interrogate an inspection surface and are communicatively coupled to the robot body. The drive module includes at least two wheels that engage the inspection surface. The drive module is coupled to the robot body. The stability assist device is coupled to at least one of the robot body or the drive module. The actuator is coupled to the stability assist device at a first end, and coupled to one of the drive module or the robot body at a second end. The actuator is structured to selectively move the stability assist device between a first position and a second position. The first position includes a stored position. The second position includes a deployed position.