Solar panel installation system
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsGregory Brulo, Guido Ritelli, Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Jihong Hao
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Abstract
A solar panel installation machine includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a plurality of tractive elements coupled the chassis, a boom coupled to the body, and an implement coupled to an end of the boom. The implement includes a track, a robotic arm coupled to and translatable along the track, the robotic arm including a plurality of linkages, and a grabber assembly coupled to the robotic arm, the grabber assembly configured to selectively engage with and facilitate picking up a solar panel to provide the solar panel to an installation location where the respective solar panel can be secured to a solar panel support.
Claims20
A solar panel installation machine, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body coupled to the chassis;
- a plurality of tractive elements coupled the chassis;
- a boom including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the boom coupled to the body at the first end;
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- an implement coupled to the second end of the boom, the implement including:
- a track configured to rotate relative to the chassis;
- a robotic arm coupled to and translatable along the track, the robotic arm extending downward from the track and including a plurality of linkages;
- and
- a grabber assembly coupled to the robotic arm, the grabber assembly configured to selectively engage with and facilitate picking up a solar panel to provide the solar panel to an installation location where the respective solar panel can be secured to a solar panel support.
A solar panel installation machine comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body coupled to the chassis and configured to rotate relative the chassis;
- a plurality of tractive elements coupled the chassis;
- a telescoping boom including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the telescoping boom coupled to the body at the first end;
- an implement coupled to the second end of the telescoping boom, the telescoping boom configured to adjust a height of the implement, the implement including:
- a track configured to rotate relative to the chassis;
- a robotic arm coupled to and translatable along the track, the robotic arm extending downward from the track and including a plurality of linkages;
- a grabber assembly coupled to the robotic arm, the grabber assembly configured to selectively engage with and facilitate picking up a solar panel to provide the solar panel to an installation location where the respective solar panel can be secured to a solar panel support;
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- a wireless communications interface configured to facilitate wireless communications between (a) the solar panel installation machine and (b) a second machine proximate the solar panel installation machine and a remote server.
A solar panel installation machine comprising:
- a chassis;
- a body coupled to the chassis via a turntable;
- a mechanical lock positioned to engage with the turntable to selectively prevent rotation of the turntable;
- a plurality of tractive elements coupled the chassis;
- a telescoping boom including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the telescoping boom coupled to the body at the first end;
- an implement coupled to the second end of the telescoping boom, the implement including:
- a track configured to rotate relative to the chassis;
- a robotic arm coupled to and translatable along the track along, the robotic arm extending downward from the track and including a plurality of linkages;
- a grabber assembly coupled to the robotic arm, the grabber assembly configured to selectively engage with and facilitate picking up a solar panel to provide the solar panel to an installation location where the respective solar panel can be secured to a solar panel support;
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- a wireless communications interface configured to facilitate wireless communications between the solar panel installation machine and a second machine proximate the solar panel installation machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.