# US 2021/0276845 A1 · Lift device innovations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0276845 A1 - Document ID: US20210276845A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/193,386 - Filed: 2021-03-05 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-06 - Assignees: Oshkosh Corporation - Applicants: Oshkosh Corporation - Inventors: Matthew GILBRIDE; Julien J. SCHRENK; Gregory E. BONVECHIO; Adam M. BOETTCHER; Jeffrey GIBSON, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210276845A1 ## CPC - B66F 9/12: Platforms; Forks; Other load supporting or gripping members - B25J 5/007: {mounted on wheels} - B25J 9/1689: {Teleoperation} - B25J 11/005: {Manipulators for mechanical processing tasks} - B25J 15/0066: {with different types of end effectors, e.g. gripper and welding gun (B25J15/0057 and B25J15/0061 take precedence)} - B60L 1/003: {to auxiliary motors, e.g. for pumps, compressors} - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B60L 53/16: Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles - B66F 9/07545: {Overhead guards} - B66F 9/07554: {Counterweights} - B66F 9/24: Electrical devices or systems - B66F 17/006: {for working platforms} - B60L 2200/40: Working vehicles - B66F 9/0655: {with a telescopic boom} - B66F 9/07581: {Remote controls} - B66F 9/0759: {Details of operating station, e.g. seats, levers, operator platforms, cabin suspension} - B66F 11/046: {of the telescoping type} - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - B66F: HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD ({invalid lifting devices A61G7/10; } mounting artificial islands on piles or like supports E02B17/00; scaffolding combined with lifting devices E04G1/22; lifting devices for sliding forms E04G11/24; lifting of buildings E04G23/06; shores or struts E04G25/00; lifts or other hoisting devices on ladders E06C7/12; props for mining E21D15/00) - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A lift device includes a lift apparatus, a base assembly, and a controller. The lift apparatus is configured to raise and lower a removable robotic implement assembly. The base assembly is configured to support the lift apparatus and a primary mover. The primary mover is configured to provide rotational motion to one or more wheels supported by the base to move the lift apparatus. The controller is in communication with the implement assembly and the lift apparatus. The controller is configured to adjust a position of the robotic implement assembly and the lift apparatus in response to receiving instructions to perform a task. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lift device comprising: a lift apparatus configured to raise and lower a removable robotic implement assembly; a base assembly configured to support the lift apparatus and a primary mover, wherein the primary mover is configured to provide rotational motion to one or more wheels supported by the base to move the lift device; and a controller in communication with the implement assembly and the lift apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a position of the robotic implement assembly and the lift apparatus in response to receiving instructions to perform a task. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lift device of claim 1, wherein the robotic implement assembly comprises a plurality of articulating fingers formed at a distal end of the robotic implement assembly, wherein the plurality of articulating fingers are configured to move about at least one axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lift device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of articulating fingers includes at least three articulating fingers, the at least three fingers configured to extend and retract to adjust a distance between the at least three fingers. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The lift device of claim 2, wherein at least one of the plurality of articulating fingers includes a material interface, wherein the material interface is positioned at a distal end of the at least one articulating finger and is configured to grasp an object. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lift device of claim 4, wherein the material interface is a vacuum chamber configured to create a suction force to couple the at least one articulating finger to the object. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The lift device of claim 4, wherein the material interface is a jaw that is configured to surround a portion of the object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lift device of claim 1, wherein the robotic implement assembly is configured to move about at least two axes relative to and independent of the lift apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The lift device of claim 1, wherein the robotic implement assembly includes a welding stick. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The lift device of claim 8, wherein the welding stick is positioned on an articulating finger that is configured to adjust a position of the welding stick relative to the lift assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lift device of claim 9, wherein the articulating finger is configured to move the welding stick about at least two perpendicular axes relative to the life assembly. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The lift device of claim 8, wherein the robotic implement assembly houses welding wire. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The lift device of claim 1, wherein the controller monitors a position of the robotic implement assembly and the lift apparatus and is configured to adjust a position of both the lift apparatus and the robotic implement assembly simultaneously. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The lift device of claim 1, wherein the controller is in communication with a mobile device and is configured to receive instructions from the mobile device that cause at least one of the lift apparatus and the robotic implement assembly to adjust positions relative to the base. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The lift device of claim 13, wherein a camera is mounted to the robotic implement assembly and configured to communicate media to the mobile device. ### Claim 15 A lift device comprising: a lift apparatus configured to raise and lower an implement assembly; a base assembly configured to support the lift apparatus and a primary mover, wherein the primary mover is configured to provide rotational motion to one or more wheels supported by the base to move the lift device; and a controller in communication with the implement assembly and the lift apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a position of the implement assembly and the lift apparatus toward a defined target zone in response to receiving instructions to perform a task at the target zone; wherein the target zone is generated by a mobile device in communication with the controller. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The lift device of claim 15, wherein the lift device further comprises an optical sensor, and wherein the target zone is illuminated onto a surface below the mobile device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The lift device of claim 16, wherein the mobile device is a drone. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The lift device of claim 16, wherein the mobile device is a phone. ### Claim 19 A lift device comprising: a lift apparatus configured to raise and lower a removable robotic implement assembly; a base assembly configured to support the lift apparatus and a primary mover, wherein the primary mover is configured to provide rotational motion to one or more wheels supported by the base to move the lift device; and a controller in communication with the implement assembly and the lift apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a position of the robotic implement assembly and the lift apparatus in response to receiving instructions to perform a task, wherein the robotic implement assembly is configured to move relative to the lift apparatus about at least two axes, independent of the lift apparatus. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The lift device of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to decouple the lift assembly from the robotic implement assembly and couple the lift assembly to a second implement assembly in response to receiving instructions from a mobile device to adjust an operational mode of the lift device.