Command and control for boring system
US7921938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B7/18
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A system having a number of land units [100, 4000, 5000] is disclosed which operates to efficiently find and create boreholes [5] to one or more underground targets [1]. Each of the land units [100, 4000, 5000] may be remotely controlled from a central command unit [6000]. The land unit also may be self-controlled, or partially controlled by the central command unit [6000]. The system [10] is reconfigurable to reallocate tasks to functional land units [100, 4000, 5000] which were originally allocated to land units which have been destroyed and are now non-functional.
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