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US 12,372,947 B2Granted
Modular systems for industrial machinery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPaul Michael Kane, Leigh Canham, Leslie Lee
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for autonomously recovering a machine comprising one or more modules. An error message from the machine is received and, based on the error message, a first module of the one or more modules to replace is determined, wherein the first module has a first type. An autonomous vehicle is instructed to remove, from the machine, the first module. The autonomous vehicle is instructed to install, at the machine, a second module of the first type.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first computing device, a status indication relating to one or more modules of a machine, each of the one or more modules having a respective type;
- determining, by the first computing device and based on the status indication, a first module of the one or more modules to replace;
- determining, by the first computing device, a first type of the first module;
- instructing, by the first computing device, a first autonomous vehicle comprising two pairs of members to remove with a first pair of members of the two pairs of members, from the machine, the first module;
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- instructing, by the first computing device, the first autonomous vehicle to install with a second pair of members of the two pairs of members, at the machine, a second module of the first type.
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