Ultraviolet light sanitizing cart

A method comprising:

• providing a cart including a body that holds an ultraviolet (UV) light array, the UV light array including UV lamps configured to emit UV light to sanitize a surface of a component, the cart further including actuators mechanically connected to the body and a control unit communicatively connected to the actuators;
• determining, via the control unit, a cleaning path for the UV light array that follows a contour of the surface;
• and
• generating control signals, via the control unit, to control the actuators to move the body such that the UV light array follows the cleaning path.

A cart comprising:

• an ultraviolet (UV) light array including a linear arrangement of multiple UV lamps that extends along an array axis, the UV lamps configured to emit UV light to sanitize a surface of a component;
• a body that includes a mobile base and multiple interconnected rigid members supported by the base, wherein the UV lamps are mounted to at least one of the rigid members;
• a sensor mounted on the body proximate to the UV lamps, the sensor configured to generate sensor data indicative of a proximity of the UV lamps to the surface of the component;
• one or more actuators mechanically connected to the body and configured to move the at least one rigid member on which the UV lamps are mounted relative to the base, wherein the one or more actuators and the body are configured to translate the UV light array along two axes perpendicular to each other and to the array axis, and are configured to rotate the UV light array about the array axis;
• and
• a control unit configured to generate control signals for controlling the one or more actuators to move the UV light array along a cleaning path that follows a contour of the surface, wherein the control unit is configured to generate the control signals based on the sensor data to maintain a designated proximity distance between the UV lamps and the surface of the component as the UV light array is moved along the cleaning path to provide a designated dosage of UV light to the surface.