CN111094130A

CN111094130A - Robot technician unmanned plane

Info

Publication number: CN111094130A
Application number: CN201780094000.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 瓦斯菲·阿希达法特
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-07-27
Filing date: 2017-07-27
Publication date: 2020-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-27
Also published as: WO2017178898A9; CN111094130B; WO2017178898A2; WO2017178898A3

Abstract

A robotic technician drone (RTD) (20) is provided, which consists of a remote-controlled robot (21) or a UAV drone (25) carried by a flight board (in the air), any of which is equipped with a first robotic arm (27) and a second robotic arm (29), and further has space for carrying or accommodating a spare parts cabinet (22). The (RTD) (20) upon receiving an emergency message regarding an idle drone (23) picks up a suitable spare parts cabinet (22), moves to the idle drone (23), grabs the idle drone, performs fault diagnosis on it, connects a data diagnostic connector (28) to the data diagnostic socket of the idle drone, once the fault memory is read, the second arm (24) of the (RTD) (20) disengages from the connector, removes the faulty component and replaces it with a new spare part in a drawer of a cabinet (26) and fixes the new spare part to the idle drone, and then performs a deletion operation on the fault memory.

Description

Robot technician unmanned plane

Technical Field

The invention relates to an unmanned robotic vehicle equipped with tools and accessories necessary for performing technical work.

Background

Unmanned aircraft, also known as pilotless aircraft or remote control aircraft, are moving to the market in recent years and will be used in numerous commercial and civilian areas in the near future. All weather imaging from thermal or camera imaging to package delivery, agriculture, crop surveying, stunt aerial lens in film production, search and rescue operations, construction industry, inspection of power lines, dams, pipelines, accounting for wildlife and plant numbers, providing medical supplies to remote or otherwise inaccessible areas, determination of illegal hunting by animal rights and interests protectors, livestock monitoring, wildfire mapping, pipeline safety, home safety, road patrols, and anti-piracy, search and rescue, delivery of life saving tools to multiple swimmers, damage assessment, all weather imaging through clouds, rain and fog and under day or night conditions, is performed in real time.

Unmanned aerial vehicles are also used for remote sensing tasks, and the remote sensing function of the unmanned aerial vehicles comprises a plurality of electromagnetic spectrum sensors, gamma ray sensors, biosensors, chemical sensors, optical sensors, infrared cameras and synthetic aperture radars.

With all these and a large number of patent applications in this field, and more unmanned aerial vehicle companies and unmanned aerial vehicle products moving to the market, future unmanned aerial vehicle cities will have a complete UAV transportation system, fill the lower layers of the intra-and extra-atmospheric space and occupy different heights, each type will dictate the corresponding height, there will be package (shipment) unmanned aerial vehicles, police unmanned aerial vehicles, firefighter unmanned aerial vehicles, reporter (broadcaster) unmanned aerial vehicles, aircraft carrier unmanned aerial vehicles, rescue unmanned aerial vehicles, etc.

Thus, there may not be random events, similar roads, bridges, roundabouts, u-turns, entrances, exits, stops, gas stations etc. will appear in the form of virtual tracks, virtual track facilities and physical service stations, while the drones will register and be provided with serial numbers + registration plates.

However, if an accident occurs? Is there an unmanned aerial vehicle recovery system? Whether a drone may be field serviced or serviced by other unmanned robotic vehicles without the need for human physical intervention.

In fact, a rescue drone providing rehabilitation service for idle drones is disclosed in the prior art of international patent application publication No. (WO2014080387), but in the prior art, any disclosed robot technician drone is not able to provide on-site robotic service/repair/maintenance for drones that are idle due to component failure or accident.

Further on, only news about the robots equipped with arm tips with hooks or fingers to carry the payload, but these are only obvious examples of technical features of pick-up/carrying/moving that can be derived from rescue drones (WO 2014080387). These are announced by the following means: the prodone co announced a giant robot with two robot arms, the advanced aeronautics technology centre (CATEC) and the university of sevieria announced an autonomous structural assembly, i.e. a set of flying robots for rescue/inspection/maintenance, but no further technical features are shown or suggested. In summary, international patent application publications WO2013076712 and WO2013076711 disclose a robot outer wall cleaner having a complete set of tools and mechanisms capable of performing robot cleaning through flying objects more advanced than those having only a picking tool.

The object of the invention, which goes far beyond all these technical features of the prior art, is to receive a message about the idle drone, pick up the appropriate spare part cabinet, move to the idle drone, grasp the idle drone by one robot arm, diagnose the fault thereof by the other arm, then remove the defective part, return it to the cabinet, take the new part out of the cabinet, fix the new part and delete the fault memory.

Such robotic technician drones can extend their tasks to other mechanical and structural inspections, services and repairs.

Disclosure of Invention

A Robotic Technician Drone (RTD) is provided, consisting of a remotely controlled drone or flight board (in the air) equipped with or carrying a spare part cabinet and having two robotic arms.

The RTD has two embodiments: a generic robot, provided with a space on its chest side to accommodate a spare part cabinet for a specific idle drone type, and its foot side supported on a flight plate (in the air), while in another embodiment it is a drone carrying a flat body of support arms to be joined to a suitable cabinet with spare parts suitable for a specific idle drone type. When the RTD receives a message about idling drones, the RTD picks up the appropriate spare part cabinet, then, the unmanned aerial vehicle is moved to the idle unmanned aerial vehicle, one robot arm (the first arm) of the idle unmanned aerial vehicle is used for grabbing the idle unmanned aerial vehicle, it is fault diagnosed by another robot arm (second arm) that contains at its end a data diagnostic connector to be engaged with the data diagnostic socket of the idle drone, the second arm of the RTD opens the drawer with the appropriate spare parts once the fault memory is read, or automatically opening the drawer by any conventional mechanism electronically controlled based on diagnostic data, while the diagnostic connector of the second arm is disengaged from the drone diagnostic socket, to remove the defective part, return it to the cabinet, remove a new part from the cabinet, secure the new part, the diagnostic connector is then connected to the diagnostic socket again to perform a delete operation on the failed memory.

The remote control center can manage this process partially or completely with a camera mounted on the RTD, while the data diagnostic connector accesses the data diagnostic socket by receiving or exchanging electromagnetic rays between conventional transmitting and receiving units or by artificial remote control relying on the primary camera on the drone and the miniature camera on the second robotic arm.

Drawings

● FIG. 1(A, B): a view of a robot technician drone is shown.

● FIG. 2: a view of a robotic technician drone carrying a spare part cabinet and holding an idle drone is shown.

● FIG. 3: a view of a robotic technician drone performing a data diagnosis is shown.

● FIG. 4: a view of a robotic technician drone that breaks a failed component is shown.

● FIG. 5: a view of a planetary robotic technician drone with a solar panel is shown.

Detailed Description

Best mode for carrying out the invention:

to facilitate the practice of the invention, a detailed description of the various components of the invention is provided herein, supported by the accompanying drawings, in which the major components are arranged in order of importance to the components for ease of reading by reference to each feature by a number contained in a component description text and in a component number list, where the component feature numbers are indicated sequentially starting with the numeral 20, each time a component feature appears in the text, it will be directly assigned the applicable serial number. As an example in fig. 1, the features of the components are arranged in the order of

numbers

20, 21, 22.

It is expected that in the near future, each country will use thousands of drones in civilian and commercial services; the leading cause that the idle unmanned aerial vehicle that falls in road, trees, water, the place that is difficult to access etc. need carry out the field maintenance has two:

1-to ensure that the shipment will reach its destination as soon as possible.

2-idle drones typically carry expensive packages, tools, and data and should therefore be approached as quickly as possible.

The RTD20 has two embodiments: the generic robot 21 is provided with a complete space between its neck and leg top sides to accommodate a spare part cabinet 22 for a particular idle drone 23 type and its foot side is supported on a flight board (in the air) 24 (similar to the flight boards available in the art invented and developed by Franky Zapata), while in another embodiment it is a UAV drone 25 carrying a flat body 26 supporting a first robot arm 27 and a second robot arm 28, the flat body 26 to be joined to a suitable cabinet 22 with spare parts suitable for the particular idle drone 24 type.

The (RTD)20 will typically be located within service/archive stations that will be distributed throughout the city and in which there will be two standard RTDs 20 and a number of spare part cabinets provided by the drone service provider that will have their drone active in that particular area of the city.

The technical features and effects thereof will be described by taking the second embodiment as an example. When the (RTD)20 receives a message about the idle drone 25, the RTD20 grips (engages) its flat body 26 to pick up a particular spare part cabinet 22 suitable for a particular type of idle drone 23, then the RTD20 moves to the idle drone 23 using the GPS tracking system, once the RTD20 approaches the idle drone 23, the RTD20 grasps the idle drone 23 with its one robot arm (first arm) 27, picks up the idle drone (fig. 2), fault diagnoses it by another robot arm (second arm) 28 that contains at its end a data diagnosis connector 29 to be engaged with the data diagnosis socket 30 of the idle drone 23, once the fault memory (fig. 3) is read, the second arm 27 of the (RTD)20 opens the drawer 31 with the appropriate new spare part 32, or automatically opens the drawer by any conventional mechanism, while the diagnostic connector 29 of the second arm 28 is disengaged from the drone diagnostic socket 30 to remove the defective component 33 (figure 4), return it to the cabinet 22, remove the new component 32 from the cabinet 22, secure the new component, and then connect the diagnostic connector 28 to the diagnostic socket 29 again to perform the delete operation on the faulty memory.

The remote center may manage this process partially or completely through the primary camera 34 mounted on the RTD20, while the data diagnostic connector 28 accesses the data diagnostic socket 29 by receiving or exchanging electromagnetic rays between conventional transmit and receive units or by human remote control relying on the primary camera 34 on the RTD20 and the miniature camera 35 on the second robotic arm 27.

The technical characteristics of the RTD20 are not limited to maintenance of the drone by the drone; RTD20 may be used for any other type of service or service in inaccessible or hard-to-access areas where RTD20 may be diagnosed, developed, tightened, fixed, adjusted, calibrated, cleaned, fireproofed, welded, drilled, painted, or even co-located with people working in these areas.

The RTD20 may also be a good choice for service providers to deploy unmanned units from spacecraft to operate on planets or the moon, where instead of a slow aircraft, a collection of two RTDs 20 is used, one equipped with a spare part cabinet 22 and the other with a compact automated laboratory 36 (fig. 5), both of which can use solar panels 37 to provide maintenance/charging for the planet inspector drones and to take samples from geological samples for inspection, once the area inspection is completed, these RTDs 20 fly behind other inspector drones to perform new inspection tasks to new areas, and so on for multiple areas, this example provides a strong proof of how the RTDs 20 can drive the development of the flying robot industry and revolutionary changes anywhere (even in the sea), where the rotor fans are replaced with rotor fans suitable for liquid environments, to perform maintenance tasks for submarines and other naval machines or structures.

It is therefore clear that the technical tasks or civil service tasks of the robotic technician drone 20 are unlimited, for example, replacing the cabinet 22 inside the embodiment of the robot 21 and installing a display screen instead of the cabinet, can be used for broadcasting, teleconferencing, displaying information, guidance, regulations, traffic control, etc., to interview or act as a broadcaster or reporter (fig. 6). In addition, the space of the cabinet 22 may be used for package delivery, where RTD may approach your home and ring or knock a door, call your, test your ID or receive a credit card to deduct shipping charges, etc. All this is obvious to the inventors.

Industrial applicability:

1-Robotic technician unmanned aerial vehicle electronics, tools and mechanisms are made with appropriate modifications to available tools, components, mechanisms.

2-as first technician UAVs, widely used for civil service rescue, safety and security tasks.

3-conventional remote control, using command data from the command center to approach an idle drone and repair it as soon as possible.

4-in addition to performing multiple tasks, it may also be possible to perform data pre-diagnosis prior to human intervention.

Description of the reference symbols:

20 robot technician unmanned aerial vehicle (RTD).

21 robot.

22 spare parts cabinet.

And 23, idling the unmanned aerial vehicle.

24 flight deck (in the air).

25 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

26 flat body.

27 first robot arm.

28 second robot arm.

29 data diagnostic connector.

30 a diagnostic jack.

31 drawer.

32 spare parts.

33 defective parts.

34 main camera.

35 miniature camera head.

36 compact automated laboratory.

37 solar panel.

38 television display screen.

Patent applications refer to documents:

patent application publication number publication date inventor:

WO 20140803872014 5 months 30 days ALSHDAIFAT et al

WO 20130767112013, 5 month, 30 days ALSHDAIFAT et al

WO 20130767122013, 5 month, 30 days ALSHDAIFAT et al

Claims

1. A robotic technician drone RTD (20) for servicing an idle drone (21), comprising:

robot(21);

Spare parts cabinet (22);

flight board (24);

UAV(25);

flat body (26);

a first robotic arm (27);

a second robotic arm (28);

Diagnostic connector (29);

drawer(31);

main camera(34);

Micro camera(35);

compact laboratory (36);

Double-sided solar panels (37).

2. The robotic technician drone (20), wherein, in the first embodiment, the robot (21) is provided with a complete space between its neck and the top side of the legs to accommodate a specific idle drone ( 23) type spare parts cabinet (22), in addition to a flight board (24) attached to the robot feet to enable it to fly to the idle drone position.

3. The robotic technician drone (20), wherein the flat body (26) carries a rotatable first robotic arm (28) and a rotatable second robotic arm (29), while the flat body is connected to and carried by the UAV drone (25).

4. A method of operation for a robotic technician drone RTD (20), wherein:

the (RTD) 20 receives a message about an idle drone (23);

The RTD (20) picks up a specific spare parts cabinet (22);

The RTD (20) is moved to the idle drone (23) using a GPS tracking system;

The first robotic arm (27) grabs and picks up the idle drone (23) and adjusts its side so that the diagnostic socket (30) faces the diagnostic connector (29) of the second arm (28) ;

said data diagnostic connector (29) engages said diagnostic socket (30) to read fault memory;

The second arm (28) of said (RTD) (20) opens a drawer (31) storing suitable new spare parts (31), or automatically opens said drawer by any conventional mechanism;

The diagnostic connector (29) of the second arm (28) is disengaged from the socket (30);

The second arm (28) removes the defective part (33), returns it to the cabinet (22), removes the new part (32) from the cabinet (22), secures the new part On the idle drone (23), then connect the diagnostic connector (29) to the diagnostic socket (30) again to delete the fault memory.

5. The RTD (20) of claim 1, wherein in another embodiment the cabinet is equipped with double sided solar panels (37).

6. The RTD (20) according to claims 1 and 5, wherein in another embodiment the cabinet (22) is replaced with a compact inspection laboratory (36).

7. RTD (20) according to claim 1, wherein in another embodiment liquid (water) fluid rotor blades for performing technical tasks underwater are substituted for the flight board (24) or the Air blades for drones (25).

8. The RTD (20) of claim 1, wherein in further embodiments the cabinet (22) is replaced with a television display screen (38) or a space for package delivery.