System for guidance of a robot through a passenger cabin of an aircraft

US10775807B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Andre Zybala · Hanstedt, DE
• Guillermo Carmona-Puga · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02J2310/44
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for guidance of a robot through a passenger cabin of an aircraft on at least a part of a defined system of paths including a robot, having at least one secondary coil, a field of coils including N primary coils being integrated in the floor of the passenger cabin of an aircraft, the arrangement of the primary coils defining a system of paths of the robot, and a control system for positioning of and energy provision to the robot including a command unit for sending instructions to the robot, so that the robot can reach a specific position of the defined system of paths.