Enclosed-Space Detection Robot Using Digital Mock-Up Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing detection robots for enclosed spaces, such as aircraft cargo holds, face challenges due to limited space and insufficient illumination, leading to inaccurate detection results and high operator workload.
Innovation Solution
An automatic detection system with a movable platform equipped with an interactive device, environment perceiving device, defect detection device, memory, and processing device, utilizing digital mock-up data and empirical operation data to automate detection, improve accuracy, and reduce operator workload.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a detection robot is used to move around the aircraft to inspect the appearance of components, then the automation level is improved, but the detection accuracy deteriorates due to limited space and insufficient illumination in enclosed spaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary illumination device that provides additional lighting in the enclosed space. This mediator compensates for the insufficient illumination condition, enabling the detection robot to operate effectively and maintain detection accuracy in dark environments such as aircraft cargo holds.
Solution Approach 2:
The detection robot is equipped with integrated illumination devices that provide self-service lighting. The robot carries its own light sources that automatically activate during operation, eliminating the need for external lighting infrastructure and enabling autonomous operation in dark enclosed spaces while maintaining detection accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If manual detection is performed by staff members entering the internal space, then the detection accuracy is maintained through direct observation, but the operator workload increases and detection efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical inspection system with an automated detection robot system. The robot equipped with sensors, cameras, and illumination devices automatically performs detection tasks that previously required human operators to physically enter and inspect enclosed spaces, thereby reducing operator workload while maintaining detection capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The detection robot creates a digital copy or representation of the enclosed space condition through sensors and imaging devices. Instead of requiring human operators to directly observe and record findings, the system captures visual and environmental data that can be analyzed, reducing the need for manual intervention while preserving detection accuracy.
3Ease of operation
If detection robots are deployed in enclosed spaces, then the operator workload is reduced, but the detection accuracy deteriorates due to the specific spatial characteristics such as limited space and insufficient illumination
Solution Approach 1:
The detection robot is designed with multi-functional capabilities including integrated illumination devices, various sensors, and adaptive navigation systems. This universal design enables the single robot system to handle multiple detection tasks in diverse enclosed space conditions, maintaining detection accuracy across different environments while reducing operator workload through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The detection robot incorporates dynamic adaptation capabilities, including adjustable illumination intensity, movable sensors, and flexible navigation that can adapt to the specific spatial characteristics of different enclosed spaces. This dynamic behavior allows the robot to maintain detection accuracy in limited spaces with varying illumination conditions while operating autonomously.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to an automatic detection system and an automatic detection method for an enclosed space. The automatic detection system includes: an interactive device; a movable platform; an environment perceiving device; a defect detection device; a memory; and a processing device. The processing device is configured to process the environmental data of the environment perceiving device to control the movable platform and the defect detection device, and process the detection data generated by the defect detection device to generate a detection report. The interactive device, the environment perceiving device, the defect detection device, the memory and the processing device are installed on the movable platform, and the interactive device can be operated to identify the enclosed space and enable the automatic detection system to automatically perform detection in an automatic detection mode based on the digital mock-up data of the enclosed space.