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- This invention relates to an unmanned robotic aerial vehicle provided with the necessary tools and accessories for carrying out technical jobs.
- Unmanned aerial vehicles which are also called pilotless aircraft or remote piloted vehicle, are finding their way to market recently, and in the near future, in numerous commercial and civil uses. From thermal or video camera imaging, to parcels delivery, farming, surveying of crops, acrobatic aerial footage in filmmaking, search and rescue operations, construction industry, inspecting powerlines, dams, pipelines, counting wildlife, delivering medical supplies to remote or otherwide inaccessible regions, determining of illegal hunting by animal-rights advocates, livestook monitoring, wildfire mapping, pipeline security, home security, road patrol, and anti-piracy, search and rescue, dropping life preservers to plural swimmers, damage assessment, all-weather imaging through the clouds, rain, or fog, and in a daytime or night times conditions, all in real-time.
- Drones are also used for remote sensing tasks, their remote sensing functions include multiple electromagnetic spectrum sensors, gamma ray sensors, biological sensors, chemical sensors, optical sensors, infrared camera, and synthetic aperture radar.
- the object of the current invention is far beyond all of these technical features in the prior art, it should receive a message about an idle drone, pick up the suitable spare parts cupboard, move to the idle drone, hold it by one robotic arm, set it for fault diagnosing via the other arm, then remove the defected part, return it to the cupboard, get a new part from the cupboard, fix it and delete the fault memory.
- Such a robotic technician drone can have its tasks expanded for other machinery and structure inspection, service and repair. Disclosure of Invention
- RTD robotic technician drone
- the RTD is coming in two embodiments, a normal robot with its chest side provided with a room space to receive spare parts cupboard for a specific idle drone type, and to be supported from its feet side to a flyboard (air), while in another embodiment, it is a drone carrying a flat body supporting the arms, the flat body is to be engaged to a suitable cupboard with spare parts suitable for a specific idle drone type.
- the RTD When the RTD receives a message about an idle drone, it picks up the suitable spare parts cupboard, then it moves to the idle drone, hold it by one of its robotic arms (first arm), set it for fault diagnosing via the other robotic arm (second arm) which includes at the end of its end a data diagnostic connecter that is to be engaged to the idle drone data diagnostic socket, once the fault memory is read, the RTD second arm either opens the drawer with the suitable spare part, or it is automatically opened via any conventional mechanism electronically controlled based on the diagnosing data, meanwhile, the second arm diagnostic connecter is disengaged from the drone diagnostic socket, to remove the defected part, return it to the cupboard, get a new part from the cupboard, fix it, then connecting again the diagnostic connecter to the diagnostic socket to delete the fault memory.
- a remote control center via a camera installed on the RTD can manage the process in part or in whole, while the data diagnostic connecter approaches the data diagnostic socket via reception or interchanging electromagnetic rays in- between emission and receiption units, or via remote control by a human depending in the main camera on the drone and the tiny camera on the second robotic arm.
- FIG. 2 Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone carrying the spare parts cupboard and holding an idle drone.
- FIG. 3 Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone carrying out data diagnosis.
- FIG. 4 Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone disconnecting the faulty part.
- FIG. 5 Illustrates a view for a Planetary Robotic Technician Drone with solar panels.
- a normal robot 21 is provided with a full space in-between its neck and legs top side to receive a spare parts cupboard 22 for a specific idle drone 23 type, and to be supported from its feet side to a flyboard (air) 24 (similar to the one available in the art which is invented and developed by Franky Zapata), while in another embodiment, it is a UAV drone 25 carrying a flat body 26 which is supporting the first robotic arm 27 and the second robotic arm 28, the flat body 26 is to be engaged to a suitable cupboard 22 with spare parts suitable for a specific idle drone 24 type.
- the (RTDs) 20 will be normally located inside service / docket stations, these will be distributed throughout the city, and will have inside them two standard RTDs 20 plus multiple spare part cupboards provided by the drone service providers which will have their drones active in that specific area of the city.
- the second embodiment will be taken as an example to demonstrate the technical features and their effects.
- the RTD 20 When the (RTD) 20 receives a message about an idle drone 25, the RTD 20 clamp (engage) its flat body 26 to pick up a specific spare parts cupboard 22 suitable for the specific type of idle drone 23, then the RTD 20 moves to the idle drone 23 using a GPS tracking system, once it approach it, it holds it by one of its robotic arms (first arm) 27, picks it up (Fig. 2), set it for fault diagnosing via the other robotic arm (second arm) 28 which includes at the end of it a data diagnostic connecter 29 that is to be engaged to the idle drone 23 data diagnostic socket 30, once the fault memory is read (Fig.
- the (RTD) 20 second arm 27 either opens a drawer 31 with the suitable new spare part 32, or it is automatically opened via any conventional mechanism, meanwhile, the second arm 28 diagnostic connecter 29 is disengaged from the drone diagnostic socket 30, to remoye the defec.ted-Part_33_(Fig,-4), returns it to— the cupboard 22, get a new part 32 from the cupboard 22, fix it, then connecting again the diagnostic connecter 28 to the diagnostic socket 29 to delete the fault memory.
- a remote control center via a main camera 34 installed on the RTD 20 can manage the process in part or in whole, while the data diagnostic connecter 28 approaches the data diagnostic socket 29 via reception or interchanging electromagnetic rays in-between conventional emission and receiption units, or via remote control by a human depending in the main camera 34 on the RTD 20 and a tiny camera 35 on the second robotic arm 27.
- the RTD 20 technical features are not limited for drone to drone repair; the RTD 20 can be used for any other types of repairs or services in unapproachable or hard to approach areas, where it can carry out a technician diagnosis, R&D, tightening, fixing, adjusting, calibrating, cleaning, firefighting, welding, drilling, painting, or even cooperating side by side with humans who are working in such areas.
- the RTD 20 also can be a good selection as a service provider for set of drones deployed from a spaceship to be working over a planet or moon, wherein instead of the slow space carriages, a set of two RTDs 20 are used, one provided with a spare parts cupboard 22 and another having the cupboard replaced with a compact automated lab 36 (Fig.
- both can be empowered with solar panels 37 to provide repair / charging for the planet inspector drones, and to receive from the geological samples for inspection, once an area inspection is finished, these RTDs 20 will fly and move behind the other inspector drones towards a new area for a new inspection mission, and so on for multiple areas, such an example provides a proof how RTDs 20 can boost the flying robots industry and revolutionize it everywhere, even under sea, where the rotor fans are replaced with suitable ones for liquid environment, to carry out repair missions for submarines and other navy machines or structures.
- Robotic technician drone electronics, tools, and mechanisms are made from available tools, parts, mechanisms, with applicable modifications.
- RTD Robotic Technician Drone
Abstract
To provide a robotic technician drone (RTD) (20) which is comprised off a remotely controlled robot (21 ) carried by f lyboard (air) or a UAV drone (25), any one of them is provided with a first robotic arm (27) and a second robotic arm (29) in a addition to a room space for carrying or receiving a spare parts cupboard (22). When the (RTD) (20) receives an emergency message about an idle drone (23) it picks up the suitable spare parts cupboard (22), moves to the idle drone (23), holds it, sets it for fault diagnosing, connects data diagnostic connecter (28) to the idle drone data diagnostic socket, once the fault memory is read, the (RTD) (20) second arm (24) dissengage the connector, remove the faulty part and replace it with a new spare part from the cupboard (26) drawer and fix it on the idle drone, then deletes the fault memory.
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ROBOTIC TECHNICIAN DRONE
Description of the Invention
Technical Field of Invention
This invention relates to an unmanned robotic aerial vehicle provided with the necessary tools and accessories for carrying out technical jobs.
Background Art
Unmanned aerial vehicles, which are also called pilotless aircraft or remote piloted vehicle, are finding their way to market recently, and in the near future, in numerous commercial and civil uses. From thermal or video camera imaging, to parcels delivery, farming, surveying of crops, acrobatic aerial footage in filmmaking, search and rescue operations, construction industry, inspecting powerlines, dams, pipelines, counting wildlife, delivering medical supplies to remote or otherwide inaccessible regions, determining of illegal hunting by animal-rights advocates, livestook monitoring, wildfire mapping, pipeline security, home security, road patrol, and anti-piracy, search and rescue, dropping life preservers to plural swimmers, damage assessment, all-weather imaging through the clouds, rain, or fog, and in a daytime or night times conditions, all in real-time.
Drones are also used for remote sensing tasks, their remote sensing functions include multiple electromagnetic spectrum sensors, gamma ray sensors, biological sensors, chemical sensors, optical sensors, infrared camera, and synthetic aperture radar.
With all of these and the enormous filed patent applications in such a field, and the increasing numbers of drone companies and drone products finding their ways to the market, a future drone city will have a full UAV transportation system filling the lower layer of the aerospace and occupying many levels of heights specified for each type, there will be parcel (shipment) drones, police drones, fire fighter drones, reporter (broadcaster) drones, aerocarrier drones, rescue drones...etc.
Then, nothing will be random, similar roads, bridges, roundabouts, U-turns, inlets, exits, parking stations, service stations,... will appear as imaginary tracks, imaginary track facilities and physical service stations, while the drones
will be registered and provided with serial identification numbers + registration number plates.
But, what about accidents? Will there be a drone recovery system? Will there be a drone onsite repair or service via other unmanned robotic aerial vehicles without the physical interference of the human action.
In fact a rescue drone is disclosed in the prior art under int. Patent application publication No. (WO2014080387) to provide a recovery service for idle drones, but the prior art is not showing any robotic technician drone disclosed to provide an on-site robotic service/repair/maintenance for an idle drone due to a part failure or accident.
Far away, there are only news about drones provided with arms ending with hooks or fingers for carrying payloads, but these are no more than obvious embodiments of the technical features to pick up/carry/move which can be concluded based on the Rescue Drone (WO2014080387). These are announced via the following: Prodrone Co. Announced about a Giant Robot With Dual Robot Arm, Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (CATEC) and University of Seville announced about Autonomous Structure Assembly a set of flying robots for rescue/inspection/maintenance, but no further technical features are shown or filed to be cited. Anyway, int. patent application publications: WO2013076712 and WO2013076711 which disclose a robotic facade cleaner with a full set of tools and mechanisms to carry out a robotic cleaning via a flying object are more developed than a flying object with just pick up tools.
The object of the current invention is far beyond all of these technical features in the prior art, it should receive a message about an idle drone, pick up the suitable spare parts cupboard, move to the idle drone, hold it by one robotic arm, set it for fault diagnosing via the other arm, then remove the defected part, return it to the cupboard, get a new part from the cupboard, fix it and delete the fault memory.
Such a robotic technician drone can have its tasks expanded for other machinery and structure inspection, service and repair.
Disclosure of Invention
Brief Description
To provide a robotic technician drone (RTD) which is comprised off a remotely controlled drone or flyboard (air) provided with or carrying a spare parts cupboard and having two robotic arms.
The RTD is coming in two embodiments, a normal robot with its chest side provided with a room space to receive spare parts cupboard for a specific idle drone type, and to be supported from its feet side to a flyboard (air), while in another embodiment, it is a drone carrying a flat body supporting the arms, the flat body is to be engaged to a suitable cupboard with spare parts suitable for a specific idle drone type. When the RTD receives a message about an idle drone, it picks up the suitable spare parts cupboard, then it moves to the idle drone, hold it by one of its robotic arms (first arm), set it for fault diagnosing via the other robotic arm (second arm) which includes at the end of its end a data diagnostic connecter that is to be engaged to the idle drone data diagnostic socket, once the fault memory is read, the RTD second arm either opens the drawer with the suitable spare part, or it is automatically opened via any conventional mechanism electronically controlled based on the diagnosing data, meanwhile, the second arm diagnostic connecter is disengaged from the drone diagnostic socket, to remove the defected part, return it to the cupboard, get a new part from the cupboard, fix it, then connecting again the diagnostic connecter to the diagnostic socket to delete the fault memory.
A remote control center via a camera installed on the RTD can manage the process in part or in whole, while the data diagnostic connecter approaches the data diagnostic socket via reception or interchanging electromagnetic rays in- between emission and receiption units, or via remote control by a human depending in the main camera on the drone and the tiny camera on the second robotic arm.
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• FIG. 1 (A, B): Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone.
• FIG. 2: Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone carrying the spare parts cupboard and holding an idle drone.
• FIG. 3: Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone carrying out data diagnosis.
• FIG. 4: Illustrates a view for the Robotic Technician Drone disconnecting the faulty part.
• FIG. 5: Illustrates a view for a Planetary Robotic Technician Drone with solar panels.
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Best Mode for Carrying out the Invention:
In order to make it easy to carry out the invention, a detailed description of the parts of the invention, supported with figures, is provided here, wherein the main parts are arranged sequentially, according to the importance of the part, it is made easy to read, by referring to each feature, with a number included in the parts description text, and in the parts numbering list, the numbering of parts features is indicated here, by starting it sequentially from number 20, whenever a part feature appears in a text, it will be directly assigned its required serial number. As example in FIG. 1, the parts' features are arranged sequentially from number 20, 21, 22...
As it is expected in the near future that thousands of drones will be used in civil and commercial services in each country; idle drones falling on the roads, trees, water, hard to approach locations... need to be repaired onsite for two major reasons:
1- To guarantee that the shipment will approach its destination ASAP.
2- Idle drones normally carrying expensive parcels, tools, data, so they should be approached ASAP.
The RTD 20 is coming in two embodiments, a normal robot 21 is provided with a full space in-between its neck and legs top side to receive a spare parts cupboard 22 for a specific idle drone 23 type, and to be supported from its feet side to a flyboard (air) 24 (similar to the one available in the art which is invented and developed by Franky Zapata), while in another embodiment, it is a UAV drone 25 carrying a flat body 26 which is supporting the first robotic arm 27 and the second robotic arm 28, the flat body 26 is to be engaged to a suitable cupboard 22 with spare parts suitable for a specific idle drone 24 type.
The (RTDs) 20 will be normally located inside service / docket stations, these will be distributed throughout the city, and will have inside them two standard RTDs 20 plus multiple spare part cupboards provided by the drone service providers which will have their drones active in that specific area of the city.
The second embodiment will be taken as an example to demonstrate the technical features and their effects. When the (RTD) 20 receives a message about an idle drone 25, the RTD 20 clamp (engage) its flat body 26 to pick up a specific spare parts cupboard 22 suitable for the specific type of idle drone 23, then the RTD 20 moves to the idle drone 23 using a GPS tracking system, once it approach it, it holds it by one of its robotic arms (first arm) 27, picks it up (Fig. 2), set it for fault diagnosing via the other robotic arm (second arm) 28 which includes at the end of it a data diagnostic connecter 29 that is to be engaged to the idle drone 23 data diagnostic socket 30, once the fault memory is read (Fig. 3), the (RTD) 20 second arm 27 either opens a drawer 31 with the suitable new spare part 32, or it is automatically opened via any conventional mechanism, meanwhile, the second arm 28 diagnostic connecter 29 is disengaged from the drone diagnostic socket 30, to remoye the defec.ted-Part_33_(Fig,-4), returns it to— the cupboard 22, get a new part 32 from the cupboard 22, fix it, then connecting again the diagnostic connecter 28 to the diagnostic socket 29 to delete the fault memory.
A remote control center via a main camera 34 installed on the RTD 20 can manage the process in part or in whole, while the data diagnostic connecter 28 approaches the data diagnostic socket 29 via reception or interchanging
electromagnetic rays in-between conventional emission and receiption units, or via remote control by a human depending in the main camera 34 on the RTD 20 and a tiny camera 35 on the second robotic arm 27.
The RTD 20 technical features are not limited for drone to drone repair; the RTD 20 can be used for any other types of repairs or services in unapproachable or hard to approach areas, where it can carry out a technician diagnosis, R&D, tightening, fixing, adjusting, calibrating, cleaning, firefighting, welding, drilling, painting, or even cooperating side by side with humans who are working in such areas. The RTD 20 also can be a good selection as a service provider for set of drones deployed from a spaceship to be working over a planet or moon, wherein instead of the slow space carriages, a set of two RTDs 20 are used, one provided with a spare parts cupboard 22 and another having the cupboard replaced with a compact automated lab 36 (Fig. 5), both can be empowered with solar panels 37 to provide repair / charging for the planet inspector drones, and to receive from the geological samples for inspection, once an area inspection is finished, these RTDs 20 will fly and move behind the other inspector drones towards a new area for a new inspection mission, and so on for multiple areas, such an example provides a proof how RTDs 20 can boost the flying robots industry and revolutionize it everywhere, even under sea, where the rotor fans are replaced with suitable ones for liquid environment, to carry out repair missions for submarines and other navy machines or structures.
So, it is obvious that either technical or civil services missions of the robotic technician drone 20 are unlimited, as example, is replacing the cupboard 22 inside the robot 21 embodiment and installing^ display screen instead of it for broadcasting, teleconference, displaying information's, guides, rules, traffic control...to make interviews or to act as a broadcaster or reporter (FIG. 6). Also the cupboard 22 space can be sued for parcels delivery, wherein the RTD can approach your home and ring your door bill or knock your door, greet you, test your ID, or receive a credit card to deduct delivery charges... All of these are obvious for the current inventor.
Industrial applicability:
1- Robotic technician drone electronics, tools, and mechanisms are made from available tools, parts, mechanisms, with applicable modifications.
2- Multiple uses in civil service rescue, safety, security tasks, as the first technician UAVs.
3- Conventionally remotely controlled, to use the command data from the command center to approach the idle drone, and fix it ASAP.
4- In addition of carrying out multiple of tasks, it can carry out pre-data diagnosis before a human being needs to interfere.
Parts Drawing Index:
20 Robotic Technician Drone (RTD).
21 Robot.
22 Spare part cupboard.
23 Idle drone.
24 Flyboard (air).
25 Drone (UAV).
26 Flat body.
27 First robotic arm.
28 Second robotic arm.
29 Data diagnostic connector.
30 Diagnostic socket.
31 Drawer.
32 Spare part.
33 Defected part.
34 Main camera.
35 Tiny camera.
36 Compact automated lab.
37 Solar panels.
38 TV Display screen.
Patent Application Cited documents:
Patent Application Publication No. Publication date Inventors:
WO 2014080387 30. May, 2014 ALSHDAIFAT ..etal WO2013076711 30.May, 2013 ALSHDAIFAT ..etal WO2013076712 30.May, 2013 ALSHDAIFAT ..etal
Claims
Claims
1- A robotic technician drone RTD (20), for repairing idle drones (21), comprising:
a robot (21);
a spare parts cupboard (22)
a flyboard (24);
a drone (25);
a flat body (26);
a first robotic arm (27);
a second robotic arm (28);
a diagnostic connector (29);
a drawer (31);
a main camera (34);
a tiny camera (35);
a compact lab (36);
a two side solar panels (37).
2- The robotic technician drone (20), wherein in a first embodiment a robot (21) is provided with a full space in-between its neck and legs top side to receive a spare parts cupboard (22) for a specific idle drone (23) type, in addition to a flyboard (24) connected to its feet to provide a flying means to the idle drone location.
3- The robotic technician drone (20), wherein the flat body (26) is carrying 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 cupboard (22);
the RTD (20) moves to the idle drone (23) using a GPS tracking system;
the first robotic arm (27) holds and picks up the idle drone (23) and adjust its side with the diagnostic socket (30) towards the second arm (28) diagnostic connector (29);
the data diagnostic connecter (29) is engaged to the diagnostic socket (30) to read the fault memory;
the (RTD) (20) second arm (28) either opens a drawer (31) which is saving the suitable new spare part (31), or it is automatically opened via any conventional mechanism;
the second arm (28) diagnostic connecter (29) is disengaged from the socket (30);
the second arm (28) removes the defected part (33), returns it to the cupboard (22), get a new part (32) from the cupboard (22), fix it on the idle drone (23), then connecting again the diagnostic connecter (29) to the diagnostic socket (30) to delete the fault memory.
5- The RTD (20) in claim 1, wherein in another embodiment the cupboard is provided with a two side solar panels (37).
6- The RTD (20) in claims 1 and 5, wherein in another embodiment the cupboard (22) is replaced with a compact inspection lab (36).
7- The RTD (20) in claim 1, wherein in another embodiment the air blades for either the Flyboard (24) or the drone (25) are replaced by liquid (water) fluid rotor blades for carrying out technical missions under water.
8- The RTD (20) in claim 1, wherein in further embodiments the cupboard (22) is replaced with a tv display screen (38), or room for parcels delivery.
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