Autonomous robotic construction system and method
AssigneeSq4D Patent LLC
InventorsSal Ferrari, Robert Smith, Mario Szczepanski
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Abstract
Thus, there is disclosed an autonomous robotic construction system comprising at least one frame comprising at least one substantially horizontal track and at least one set of substantially vertical track; at least one nozzle; at least one movable device coupled to the frame and configured to move said nozzle around said frame; at least one pump configured to pump building materials through said at least one nozzle; and at least one computer system comprising at least one microprocessor configured to control said at least one nozzle, said at least one movable device and said at least one pump to control deposition of any building materials on a site.
Claims26
An autonomous robotic construction system configured to distribute building materials, the system comprising:
- at least one frame comprising at least one substantially horizontal track and at least one set of substantially vertical tracks;
- at least one rotatable nozzle having a non-circular aperture;
- at least one movable device coupled to the frame and configured to move said rotatable nozzle around said frame;
- at least one pump configured to pump building materials comprising at least one of cementitious material or concrete through said at least one rotatable nozzle;
- at least one feed tube configured to distribute the building materials, wherein said at least one feed tube comprises a chamber and at least one rotatable sleeve, the chamber being fluidly connected to the at least one rotatable nozzle through the at least one rotatable sleeve;
- at least one rotatable auger extending from the chamber, wherein the at least one rotatable sleeve and the at least one rotatable auger are rotatable independent of one another at a direction of rotation and a rate of rotation effective to control deposition amount and deposition rate of the building materials;
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- at least one computer system comprising at least one microprocessor configured to control said at least one rotatable nozzle, said at least one rotatable auger, said at least one movable device, and said at least one pump to control deposition of the building materials.
An autonomous robotic construction system configured to distribute building materials, the system comprising:
- at least one frame comprising at least one substantially horizontal track and at least one set of substantially vertical tracks;
- at least one rotatable nozzle;
- at least one nozzle platform wherein said rotatable nozzle is coupled to said nozzle platform, and said nozzle platform is coupled to said at least one frame;
- at least one shock, coupled to said at least one nozzle platform;
- at least one movable device coupled to the frame and configured to move said rotatable nozzle around said frame;
- at least one pump configured to pump the building materials comprising at least one of cementitious material or concrete through said at least one rotatable nozzle;
- at least one feed tube, said feed tube configured to distribute the building materials, wherein said at least one feed tube comprises a chamber and at least one rotatable sleeve, the chamber being fluidly connected to the at least one rotatable nozzle through the at least one rotatable sleeve;
- at least one rotatable auger extending from the chamber, wherein the at least one rotatable sleeve is rotatable independent of a rotation of the at least one rotatable auger;
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- at least one computer system comprising at least one microprocessor configured to control said at least one rotatable nozzle, said at least one movable device, and said at least one pump to control deposition of the building materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.