Autonomous pile driver apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US12282334B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-22

    申请号:US18085888

    申请日:2022-12-21

    Abstract: A autonomous off-road vehicle (AOV) accesses a pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations in a geographic area at which piles are to be installed. The AOV selects a first location and a second location from the plurality of locations using the pile plan map. The AOV autonomously navigates to the first location. The AOV autonomously loads a first pile onto a driving tool of the AOV. The AOV autonomously drives the first pile into the ground at the first location using the driving tool. The AOV autonomously navigates to the second location. the AOV autonomously loads a second pile onto the driving tool. And the AOV autonomously drives the second pile into the ground at the second location using the driving tool.

    PILE MANIPULATION TOOL FOR AUTONOMOUS PILE DRIVER VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20250019919A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18896719

    申请日:2024-09-25

    Abstract: An autonomous off-road vehicle (AOV) includes a vehicle body and a vehicle arm coupled to the vehicle body and including a set of prongs and a clamp extending outward from an end of the vehicle arm. A controller causes the vehicle arm to pick up a pile by: aligning the set of prongs with an end of the pile such that a first prong aligns with an opening on a first side of a web of the pile and a second prong aligns with a space on a second side of the web, inserting the set of prongs into the opening on the first side and the space on the second side, and compressing the clamp into an exterior surface of a flange of the pile such that the set of prongs are reciprocally compressed into an interior surface of the flange on either side of the web.

    ONLINE MACHINE LEARNING FOR CALIBRATION OF AUTONOMOUS EARTH MOVING VEHICLES

    公开(公告)号:US20240384510A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18787332

    申请日:2024-07-29

    Abstract: In some implementations, the EMV uses a calibration to inform autonomous control over the EMV. To calibrate an EMV, the system first selects a calibration action comprising a control signal for actuating a control surface of the EMV. Then, using a calibration model comprising a machine learning model trained based on one or more previous calibration actions taken by the EMV, the system predicts a response of the control surface to the control signal of the calibration action. After the EMV executes the control signal to perform the calibration action, the EMV system monitors the actual response of the control signal and uses that to update the calibration model based on a comparison between the predicted and monitored states of the control surface.

    AUTONOMOUS OPERATION BY EARTH-MOVING VEHICLE BASED ON TRIGGERING CONDITIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240360645A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18767258

    申请日:2024-07-09

    CPC classification number: E02F9/205 E02F9/267

    Abstract: An earth moving vehicle (EMV) autonomously performs an earth moving operation within a dig site. If the EMV determines that a state of the EMV or the dig site triggers a triggering condition associated with a pause in the autonomous behavior of the EMV, the EMV determines a risk associated with the state or triggering condition. If the risk is greater than a first threshold, the EMV continues the autonomous performance and notifies a remote operator that the triggering condition was triggered. If the risk is greater than the first threshold risk but less than a second threshold risk, the EMV is configured to operate in a default state before continuing and notifying the remote operator. If the risk is greater than the second threshold risk, the EMV notifies the remote operator of the state pauses the performance until feedback is received from the remote operator.

    AUTONOMOUS PILE DRIVER APPARATUS AND METHOD
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240210946A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18085888

    申请日:2022-12-21

    CPC classification number: G05D1/0274 E02D7/06 E02D2600/10 G05D2201/0202

    Abstract: A autonomous off-road vehicle (AOV) accesses a pile plan map indicating a plurality of locations in a geographic area at which piles are to be installed. The AOV selects a first location and a second location from the plurality of locations using the pile plan map. The AOV autonomously navigates to the first location. The AOV autonomously loads a first pile onto a driving tool of the AOV. The AOV autonomously drives the first pile into the ground at the first location using the driving tool. The AOV autonomously navigates to the second location. the AOV autonomously loads a second pile onto the driving tool. And the AOV autonomously drives the second pile into the ground at the second location using the driving tool.

    QUALITY CONTROL OPERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS PILE DRIVING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240210941A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18085901

    申请日:2022-12-21

    Abstract: An autonomous off-road vehicle (AOV) autonomously performs a pile driving operation by driving a pile into the ground at a location identified by a pile plan map. The AOV detects one or more attributes of the pile using one or more sensors during or after the pile driving operation. The AOV determines whether the one or more attributes of the pile exceed respective tolerance thresholds. The AOV performs a quality control action in response to determining that the one or more attributes of the pile exceed the respective tolerance thresholds. The one or more attributes include one or more of a location and an orientation of the pile, and the quality control action is performed in response to determining that the location or the orientation of the pile exceeds the respective tolerance threshold.

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