Systems and methods for robotic inspection with simultaneous surface measurements at multiple orientations with obstacle avoidance

    公开(公告)号:US12007364B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17824548

    申请日:2022-05-25

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

    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.

    Robotic systems for rapid ultrasonic surface inspection

    公开(公告)号:US12038412B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17824656

    申请日:2022-05-25

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

    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.

    ROBOTIC INSPECTION DEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUS SURFACE MEASUREMENTS AT MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220341889A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17824261

    申请日:2022-05-25

    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.

    SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION OF A SURFACE

    公开(公告)号:US20230228719A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18189674

    申请日:2023-03-24

    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.

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