Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated concurrent path planning and drilling parameter optimization using robotics
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Application No.: US16764558Application Date: 2019-07-12
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Publication No.: US11795804B2Publication Date: 2023-10-24
- Inventor: Yashas Malur Saidutta , Srinath Madasu , Shashi Dande , Keshava Prasad Rangarajan , Raja Vikram R. Pandya , Jeffrey M. Yarus , Robello Samuel
- Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2019/041612 2019.07.12
- International Announcement: WO2021/010943A 2021.01.21
- Date entered country: 2020-05-15
- Main IPC: E21B44/00
- IPC: E21B44/00 ; E21B7/04 ; E21B41/00 ; G06Q10/0631

Abstract:
A drilling device may use a concurrent path planning process to create a path from a starting location to a destination location within a subterranean environment. The drilling device can receive sensor data. A probability distribution can be generated from the sensor data indicating one or more likely materials compositions that make up each portion of the subterranean environment. The probability distribution can be sampled, and for each sample, a drill path trajectory and drill parameters for the trajectory can be generated. A trained neural network may evaluate each trajectory and drill parameters to identify the most ideal trajectory based on the sensor data. The drilling device may then initiate drilling operations for a predetermined distance along the ideal trajectory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210404313A1 AUTOMATED CONCURRENT PATH PLANNING AND DRILLING PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION USING ROBOTICS Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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