Brick/block laying machine incorporated in a vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US11106836B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16823596

    申请日:2020-03-19

    发明人: Mark Pivac

    摘要: A self-contained truck-mounted brick laying machine can include a frame that can support packs or pallets of bricks placed on a platform. A transfer robot can pick up and move the brick(s). A carousel can be coaxial with a tower. The carousel can transfer the brick(s) via the tower to an articulated and/or telescoping boom. The bricks can be moved along the boom by, e.g., linearly moving shuttles, to reach a brick laying and adhesive applying head. The brick laying and adhesive applying head can mount to an element of the stick, about an axis which is disposed horizontally. The poise of the brick laying and adhesive applying head about the axis can be adjusted and can be set in use so that the base of a clevis of the robotic arm mounts about a horizontal axis, and the tracker component is disposed uppermost on the brick laying and adhesive applying head. The brick laying and adhesive applying head can apply adhesive to the brick and can have a robot that lays the brick. Vision and laser scanning and tracking systems can be provided to allow the measurement of as-built slabs, bricks, the monitoring and adjustment of the process and the monitoring of safety zones. The first, or any course of bricks can have the bricks pre machined by the router module so that the top of the course is level once laid.

    VISION SYSTEM FOR A ROBOTIC MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:US20210192784A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17273487

    申请日:2019-09-04

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a pose of an object in a local coordinate system of a robotic machine, the method including: capturing at least one image of a first face of the object and at least one image of at least a portion of a second face of the object; generating a point cloud representation of at least part of the object using image data obtained from the captured images of the first and second faces; fitting a first plane to the first face of the object and fitting a second plane to the second face of the object using the point cloud representation; determining a pose of the first plane and a pose of the second plane; retrieving a shape model of at least the first face of the object; locating the shape model in the local coordinate system using at least in part the at least one image of the first face; and, determining the pose of the object in the local coordinate system. A vision system and robotic machine are also disclosed.

    COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AN INTERACTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210016437A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-21

    申请号:US16639485

    申请日:2018-08-16

    发明人: Mark Joseph Pivac

    摘要: A system for performing interactions within a physical environment, the system including: a robot having a robot base that undergoes movement relative to the environment and a robot arm mounted to the robot base, the robot arm including an end effector mounted thereon; a communications system including a fieldbus network; a tracking system including a tracking base positioned in the environment and connected to the fieldbus network, and a tracking target mounted to a component of the robot, wherein the tracking base is configured to detect the tracking target to allow a position and/or orientation of the tracking target relative to the tracking base to be determined; and a control system that communicates with the tracking system via the fieldbus network to determine the relative position and/or orientation of the tracking target and controls the robot arm in accordance with the relative position and/or orientation of the tracking target.

    Position and orientation tracking system

    公开(公告)号:US11951616B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17293216

    申请日:2019-11-14

    发明人: Mark Joseph Pivac

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a tracking system for tracking a position and orientation of an object, the tracking system including: a tracking base provided in an environment, the tracking base including: a tracking head support; and, at least three tracking heads mounted to the tracking head support, a target system including at least three targets mounted to the object, each target including a reflector that reflects a radiation beam to the base sensor of a respective tracking head; and, a control system that: causes each tracking head to track a respective target as it moves throughout the environment; determines a position of each target with respect to a respective tracking head; determines an orientation of the target system using at least in part the determined position of each target; and, determines the position and orientation of the object using at least in part the position and orientation of the target system.

    BUILDING METHODS FOR USE IN AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230392397A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18249836

    申请日:2021-10-21

    IPC分类号: E04G21/22 E04B2/26 E04B2/24

    CPC分类号: E04G21/22 E04B2/26 E04B2/24

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to building methods for use in automated construction including a method for use in construction of a building, the method including: (a) laying a plurality of courses of blocks onto a foundation to define: i) walls of a first storey of the building; and, ii) a plurality of hollow formwork columns; (b) inserting reinforcing structure into the hollow formwork columns; and (c) pouring concrete into the hollow formwork columns around the reinforcing structure so as to form concrete columns for supporting a slab of a second storey, wherein the blocks forming the plurality of hollow formwork columns remain part of the building structure as permanent formwork.

    Laser tracker with improved roll angle measurement

    公开(公告)号:US11656357B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US16639463

    申请日:2018-08-16

    发明人: Mark Joseph Pivac

    IPC分类号: G01S17/66 G01S17/04 G01B11/26

    CPC分类号: G01S17/66 G01B11/26 G01S17/04

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a tracking system for tracking the position and orientation of an object in an environment, the tracking system including: (a) a tracking base positioned in the environment; (b) a tracking target mountable to the object, wherein in use the tracking base is linked to the tracking target by: (i) a bidirectional light beam transmitted therebetween; and, (ii) a unidirectional light beam transmitted therebetween, said unidirectional light beam parallel to the bidirectional light beam; and, (c) at least one controller configured to determine a roll angle of the tracking target relative to the tracking base, the roll angle determined at least in part by signals received from a sensor housed in at least one of the tracking base and the tracking target that detects the unidirectional light beam.