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Semi-autonomous system for carrying and placing elongate objects

A drive system, motion technology, applied in the direction of general control system, transportation and packaging, load suspension components, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2021-08-06
ADVANCED CONSTR ROBOTICS INC
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[0005] The systems and devices described herein address the problems associated with physically demanding tasks in any of many construction projects, such as requiring reinforced concrete slabs

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[0069] As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Accordingly, the articles "a" and "an" are used herein to refer to one or more (ie, at least one) of the grammatical object of the article. By way of example, "an element" means one element or more than one element.

[0070] As used herein, directional phrases such as, but not limited to, top, bottom, left, right, down, up, front, back, and variations thereof shall relate to the orientation of elements shown in the drawings and are not limited to the right required, unless expressly stated otherwise. As used herein, "operably connected" means that two or more components or features may be connected directly or indirectly to each other, or may be connected wirelessly, in each case such that operation of one component or feature Or actuation effects operation or actuation of operably connected components or features.

[0071] In this applicatio...

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An improvement to a semi-autonomous apparatus (10) is described herein. In an apparatus having a gantry subassembly (100), a tram subassembly (200) movably mounted on the gantry subassembly (100), and an actuation subassembly (300) mounted on the tram subassembly (200), the improvement includes a gripper subassembly (400) operatively connected to the actuation subassembly (300). The movement of the subassemblies is controlled in part by a control system that controls drive systems associated with one or more of the subassemblies. The gantry subassembly (100) includes a bridge member (102) for laterally spanning a selected section of a work site. The tram subassembly (200) includes a tram (202) that travels laterally along to the bridge member (102). The actuation subassembly (300) includes at least one motion actuator for controlling the movement of the gripper subassembly (400) in a generally vertical direction and may include an additional motion actuator for movement in a generally horizontal direction. The gripper subassembly (400) includes passively actuated grippers (402) for lifting, transporting and placing objects (52, 54), and particularly, elongate objects such as reinforcing bars used in road and other cementitious surface construction.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to construction equipment and, more particularly, to a semi-automatic assembly for the planned transport and placement of objects at a work site. Background technique [0002] Construction is a labor-intensive and time-consuming operation. Concrete slabs, such as those made for roads, bridges, floors, wall panels, tunnels, viaducts, prefabricated building elements, and other exterior and interior surfaces, are made of reinforced concrete with reinforcing materials that The material is typically in the form of reinforcing bars or rebar, which are placed in a pre-planned grid pattern. Rebar is placed along the length and width of construction site surfaces such as roads, runways and bridge surfaces, tunnels, wall panels, prefabricated building elements and floors. For example, the width of roads typically ranges from 35 feet to several hundred feet, and the length of roads can be several miles. Although the deck is typica...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65G65/00B66C17/00B66C19/00E04G21/16G05D1/00G05D1/02
CPCB25J9/026B25J15/0052B25J15/0213B25J15/083B25J19/023G05B2219/40293B66C1/425B66C1/62B66C13/48B25J9/1615B66C19/00
Inventor J·E·查巴拉A·M·赫特里克D·R·克劳斯P·A·韦伯J·L·瑟洛克J·C·谢夫利J·W·高迪S·M·马克J·P·斯图尔特M·Q·谢弗
Owner ADVANCED CONSTR ROBOTICS INC