Robotic apparatus interaction with vehicle based on vehicle dimension translation

A system comprising:

• a robotic apparatus adapted to perform a maintenance task on a vehicle;
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the robotic apparatus, the processing device comprising:
• a memory storing computer program instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the computer program instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining vehicle dimension data describing dimensions of a vehicle;
• causing, based at least in part on the vehicle dimension data, the robotic apparatus to move to a first position about the vehicle to collect data regarding a selected wheel of the vehicle;
• determining a first reference point of the vehicle based at least in part on the collected data regarding the selected wheel;
• and
• causing the robotic apparatus to move to a second position about the vehicle based on the determined first reference point.

A computer-implemented method comprising the operations of:

• obtaining vehicle dimension data describing dimensions of a vehicle;
• causing a robotic apparatus to move to a first position about the vehicle;
• determining a first reference point of the vehicle;
• and
• causing the robotic apparatus to move to a second position about the vehicle based on the determined first reference point;
• wherein determining the first reference point of the first wheel of the vehicle comprises:
• obtaining, via one or more cameras, digital imagery of a first wheel of the vehicle, the first wheel having a plurality of lug nuts and a wheel center;
• determining, using the digital imagery, a movement offset of a then current position of the robotic apparatus;
• moving the robotic apparatus from the then current position to a new position based on the determined movement offset;
• and
• determining whether the one or more cameras is aligned to the wheel center, wherein the robotic apparatus is moved from the then current position to the new position until an alignment point of the robotic apparatus is aligned to a center point of the first wheel, wherein the alignment point is a center point of the digital camera;
• wherein the movement offset comprises coordinate values for an x, y, z, rX, and rY offset, wherein x is an x axis value, wherein y is a y axis value, wherein z is a z axis value, wherein rY is a rotation value about the y axis value, and rX is a rotation value about the x axis value.