Integrated robotic system and method for autonomous vehicle maintenance

US11020859B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Transportation IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Romano Patrick · Niskayuna, US
• Shiraj Sen · Clifton Park, US
• Arpit Jain · Kota, IN
• Huan Tan · Pasadena, US
• Yonatan Gefen · Niskayuna, US
• Shuai Li · Beijing, CN
• Shubao Liu · College Park, US
• Pramod K. Sharma · Seattle, US
• Balajee Kannan · Niskayuna, US
• Viktor Holovashchenko · Watervliet, US
• Douglas Forman · Niskayuna, US
• John Michael Lizzi · Saratoga Springs, US
• Charles Burton Theurer · Niskayuna, US
• Omar Al Assad · Niskayuna, US
• Ghulam Ali Baloch · Albany, US
• Frederick Wilson Wheeler · Niskayuna, US
• Tai-Peng Tian · Niskayuna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/09
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A robotic system includes a controller configured to obtain image data from one or more optical sensors and to determine one or more of a location and/or pose of a vehicle component based on the image data. The controller also is configured to determine a model of an external environment of the robotic system based on the image data and to determine tasks to be performed by components of the robotic system to perform maintenance on the vehicle component. The controller also is configured to assign the tasks to the components of the robotic system and to communicate control signals to the components of the robotic system to autonomously control the robotic system to perform the maintenance on the vehicle component.