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公开(公告)号：US20210324834A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-21
申请号：US16851546
申请日：2020-04-17
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Judith Ann Guzzo , Douglas Forman , Todd William Danko , John Robert Hoare
Abstract: A system and method for performing one or more tasks on a LPS of a wind turbine are disclosed. The system generally includes a robotic testing device including a plurality of clamping arms and a LPS test probe coupled to a robotic end effector. The robotic testing device is configured to be positioned around at least a portion of an outer perimeter of a rotor blade of the wind turbine. A cable, coupled to an up-tower anchor point, is attached to the robotic testing device and extends between the up-tower anchor point and a support surface. A lightning receptor of the LPS is disposed between the up-tower anchor point and the tower support surface. As the cable is displaced, the robotic testing device is moved to a position at which it is clamped to the rotor blade, adjacent the lightning receptor. The end effector is moveable to position the LPS test probe in contact with the lightning receptor to conduct the one or more tests on the LPS.
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公开(公告)号：US10927818B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US16192807
申请日：2018-11-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Shiraj Sen , Todd William Danko , John Robert Hoare , Charles Burton Theurer , Douglas Forman , Judith Ann Guzzo
Abstract: A system and method for inspecting, repairing and upgrading wind turbine rotor blades of a wind turbine. The system including deploying one or more cables via an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a balloon, a ballistic mechanism or a catapult to position the one or more cables in draping engagement with a portion of the wind turbine. A climbing robot is positioned to ascend the one or more cables and perform a task related to inspecting for indications, repair of indications or upgrading the rotor blade. A slave robot system, disposed at the base location and anchored to the one or more cables, provides modulation of the cables for positioning of the climbing robot relative to the wind turbine as it ascends and descends the one or more cables. After completion of the task, the climbing robot descends the one or more cables and the cables are removed from the wind turbine.
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公开(公告)号：US11047368B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-29
申请号：US16718904
申请日：2019-12-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： John Robert Hoare , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Douglas R. Forman , Judith Ann Guzzo , Shiraj Sen
IPC: F03D80/50 , G06T19/00 , H04N13/282
Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a wind turbine blade includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within an interior cavity of the wind turbine blade and configured to travel along a length of the wind turbine blade on an interior surface when the wind turbine blade is in a substantially horizontal position. The motorized apparatus includes a body, a drive system configured to move the body, and a camera coupled to the body. The camera is configured to capture at least one image of the interior surface. The system also includes a controller configured to map the at least one image onto a model of the interior surface. The system also includes an operator interface including a display device. The operator interface is configured to display the model on the display device and receive user input allowing an operator to interact with the model.
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14.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10913154B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-09
申请号：US15860377
申请日：2018-01-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Huan Tan , John Robert Hoare , Justin Michael Foehner , Steven Robert Gray , Shiraj Sen , Romano Patrick
Abstract: A system for performing industrial tasks includes a robot and a computing device. The robot includes one or more sensors that collect data corresponding to the robot and an environment surrounding the robot. The computing device includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the collected data from the robot, generate a virtual recreation of the robot and the environment surrounding the robot, receive inputs from a human operator controlling the robot to demonstrate an industrial task. The system is configured to learn how to perform the industrial task based on the human operator's demonstration of the task, and perform, via the robot, the industrial task autonomously or semi-autonomously.
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公开(公告)号：US20210017963A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-21
申请号：US16718904
申请日：2019-12-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： John Robert Hoare , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Douglas R. Forman , Judith Ann Guzzo , Shiraj Sen
IPC: F03D80/50 , G06T19/00 , H04N13/282
Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a wind turbine blade includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within an interior cavity of the wind turbine blade and configured to travel along a length of the wind turbine blade on an interior surface when the wind turbine blade is in a substantially horizontal position. The motorized apparatus includes a body, a drive system configured to move the body, and a camera coupled to the body. The camera is configured to capture at least one image of the interior surface. The system also includes a controller configured to map the at least one image onto a model of the interior surface. The system also includes an operator interface including a display device. The operator interface is configured to display the model on the display device and receive user input allowing an operator to interact with the model.
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16.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190202053A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-04
申请号：US15860377
申请日：2018-01-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Huan Tan , John Robert Hoare , Justin Michael Foehner , Steven Robert Gray , Shiraj Sen , Romano Patrick
IPC: B25J9/16
CPC classification number: B25J9/1664 , B25J9/161 , B25J9/1671 , G05B2219/40099 , G05B2219/40131 , G05B2219/40323 , G05B2219/40515 , G05D1/0044 , Y10S901/03
Abstract: A system for performing industrial tasks includes a robot and a computing device. The robot includes one or more sensors that collect data corresponding to the robot and an environment surrounding the robot. The computing device includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the collected data from the robot, generate a virtual recreation of the robot and the environment surrounding the robot, receive inputs from a human operator controlling the robot to demonstrate an industrial task. The system is configured to learn how to perform the industrial task based on the human operator's demonstration of the task, and perform, via the robot, the industrial task autonomously or semi-autonomously.
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