公开(公告)号：US11926037B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17727217

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Edward A. Bryner ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Mark Cho

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62D53/02 ,  B62D57/024 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/22 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K1/18

CPC classification number: B25J13/087 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0009 ,  B25J9/1617 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1653 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J9/1674 ,  B25J9/1694 ,  B25J13/006 ,  B25J19/021 ,  B25J19/027 ,  B60B19/006 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62D53/02 ,  B62D57/024 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/226 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G06F1/206 ,  H05K1/18 ,  B60B2360/102 ,  B60B2360/104 ,  B60B2360/109 ,  B60B2900/931 ,  G01N2291/0289 ,  G01N2291/2698 ,  G06F2200/201 ,  H05K2201/10151

Abstract: Systems for reprogrammable inspection robots are described. An example system may include an inspection robot having a housing, a payload interface, a drive module interface, and a tether interface. The system may further include a first electronic board having a primary functionality circuit communicatively coupled to a base station and a second electronic board operationally coupled to the payload interface, the second electronic board having a payload functionality circuit coupled to a selected payload through the payload interface. The example system may further include a third electronic board operationally coupled to the drive module interface, the third electronic board having a drive module functionality circuit communicatively coupled to a selected drive module through the drive module interface.

公开(公告)号：US11904456B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17729070

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Dillon R. Jourde ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Mark Cho ,  Kevin Y. Low

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/22 ,  G01N29/265 ,  B25J13/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62D53/02 ,  B62D57/024 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B60B19/12 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K1/18

CPC classification number: B25J13/087 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0009 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1617 ,  B25J9/1653 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J9/1674 ,  B25J9/1694 ,  B25J13/006 ,  B25J19/021 ,  B25J19/027 ,  B60B19/006 ,  B60B19/12 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B62D53/02 ,  B62D57/024 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/226 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G06F1/206 ,  H05K1/18 ,  B60B2360/102 ,  B60B2360/104 ,  B60B2360/109 ,  B60B2900/931 ,  G01N2291/0289 ,  G01N2291/2698 ,  G06F2200/201 ,  H05K2201/10151

Abstract: Inspection robots with center encoders are described. An example inspection robot may have a housing, and a drive module, where the drive module has a wheel and a motor and is operatively coupled to the housing. The example inspection robot may also have an encoder to provide a movement value, where the encoder is positioned within a footprint of the housing. The example inspection robot may also have a controller with an encoder conversion circuit to calculate a distance value in response to the movement value, a location circuit to determine at least one of a robot location value or a robot speed value, and a position command circuit to provide a position action command in response to the robot location value or the robot speed value. The drive module may be responsive to the position action command to move the inspection robot.

公开(公告)号：US11565417B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US16869691

申请日：2020-05-08

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Edward A. Bryner ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Joshua D. Moore ,  Dillon R. Jourde ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Michael A. Binger ,  Mark Cho ,  Yizhu Gu ,  Jeffrey J. Mrkonich ,  Francesco H. Trogu ,  Domenic P. Rodriguez

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J19/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J9/10 ,  G01B11/06 ,  G01B11/24 ,  G01B11/30 ,  G01B17/02 ,  G01B17/06 ,  G01B17/08 ,  G01J3/50 ,  G01K13/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for configuring a robot for inspecting an inspection surface are disclosed. An example system may include an inspection robot having a payload coupled to at least two inspection sensors and a controller. The controller may include a route profile processing circuit to interpret route profile data for the inspection robot, a configuration determining circuit to determine one or more configurations for the inspection robot in response to the route profile data; and a configuration processing circuit to provide configuration data in response to the determined one or more configurations, the configuration data defining, at least in part, one or more inspection characteristics for the inspection robot.

公开(公告)号：US20220334582A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17729051

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Edward A. Bryner ,  Dillon R. Jourde ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Mark Cho ,  Michael A. Binger ,  Katherine Virginia Denner

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G01N29/265 ,  G01N29/22 ,  G01N29/04

Abstract: Inspection robots with configurable interface plates are described. An example inspection robot may have a housing with at least three removable interface plates, each removable interface plate having a coupling interface for an electronic component on a first side, and coupled to at least one of a plurality of electronic boards on a second side. The example inspection robot may further include a drive module configured to couple to at least one of the removable interface plates, and a payload configured to couple to at least one of the removable interface plates. The example inspection robot may further include a means for operating the inspection robot in response to the drive module coupled to one of the removable interface plates, and the payload coupled to any other one of the removable interface plates.

公开(公告)号：US20220331987A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17752177

申请日：2022-05-24

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Edward A. Bryner ,  Dillon R. Jourde ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Mark Cho ,  Michael A. Binger ,  Kevin Y. Low ,  Samuel Theodore Westenberg ,  Francesco H. Trogu

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J9/00

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for temperature control and active cooling of an inspection robot are disclosed. An example apparatus may include a temperature determination circuit to interpret an inspection temperature value, a temperature management circuit to determine a temperature management command in response to the inspection temperature value, and a temperature response circuit to provide the temperature management command to a temperature management device associated with an inspection robot.

公开(公告)号：US20220331949A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17727217

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: Gecko Robotics, Inc.

Inventor： Edward A. Bryner ,  Edwin H. Cho ,  Mark Cho

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/00

Abstract: Systems for reprogrammable inspection robots are described. An example system may include an inspection robot having a housing, a payload interface, a drive module interface, and a tether interface. The system may further include a first electronic board having a primary functionality circuit communicatively coupled to a base station and a second electronic board operationally coupled to the payload interface, the second electronic board having a payload functionality circuit coupled to a selected payload through the payload interface. The example system may further include a third electronic board operationally coupled to the drive module interface, the third electronic board having a drive module functionality circuit communicatively coupled to a selected drive module through the drive module interface.

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.