公开(公告)号：US20230303267A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-28

申请号：US18110319

申请日：2023-02-15

申请人： Moonware, Inc.

发明人： Javier Vidal Rojas ,  Saunon Rod Malekshahi ,  Andrew Arnold ,  Dimitrios Bailas ,  Atanaz Bohlooli ,  Camille Carr ,  Orhan Elam ,  Dima Fayyad ,  Marc Jabbour ,  Lucas Liu ,  Berke Ozdemir ,  Vedant Singh ,  Philipp Haban ,  Matthew Derkach

IPC分类号： B64F1/22 ,  B60P3/11 ,  G05D1/02

CPC分类号： B64F1/228 ,  B60P3/11 ,  G05D1/0276

摘要： An autonomous vehicle includes a chassis for housing an aircraft ground contacting structure (GCS) and one or more GCS coupling and lifting mechanisms, GCS securing mechanisms, drivetrain, batteries and a sensor stack for performing autonomous navigation. Further, the vehicle incorporates multiple sensors, such as high-resolution machine vision cameras, GPS modules, Lidars, ultrasonic range sensors, and radars. The sensors deliver spatial perception capabilities to the vehicle and feed relevant data to onboard computing units to achieve location-based navigation, precision alignment with aircraft, obstacle detection and collision avoidance capabilities. A series of batteries deliver power to all components, including but not limited to, motors, electromechanical units, onboard computers, sensors and any other component requiring electrical input. External ports allow the vehicle to recharge batteries after each utilization cycle without replacement. The vehicle is capable of recognizing its power state and can autonomously navigate to a base station and dock itself for charging.