Robotic temperature measurement of piled granular material
AssigneeGrain Weevil Corporation
InventorsBenjamin H. Johnson, Chad E. Johnson, Zane Zents
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Abstract
A piled granular material surface management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, a temperature sensor, and a processor coupled with the memory and with the temperature sensor. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal, by the robot, of a portion of a surface of piled granular material in a bulk store. The processor is also configured to capture, via the temperature sensor, a temperature measurement of the portion of the piled granular material during the traversal of the portion of the piled granular material by the robot.
Claims20
A piled granular material surface management robot, the robot comprising:
- an auger-based drive system comprising bilateral augers;
- a temperature sensor;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled with the memory and the temperature sensor and configured to:
- control movement of the robot via the bilateral augers of the auger-based drive system;
- direct a traversal, by the robot, about a portion of the surface of a piled granular material in a bulk store;
- and
- capture, via the temperature sensor, a temperature measurement of the portion of the piled granular material during the traversal of the portion of the piled granular material by the robot.
A method of piled granular material robotic temperature measurement, the method comprising:
- receiving at a robot, instructions to traverse a surface of a piled granular material in a bulk store;
- controlling, by a processor according to the instructions, movement of the robot via bilateral augers of an auger-based drive system to traverse about a portion of the surface of the piled granular material in the bulk store;
- and
- capturing, via a temperature sensor of the robot, a temperature measurement of the portion of the piled granular material during the traversal of the portion of the piled granular material by the robot.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions embodied thereon which, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method of piled granular material robotic temperature measurement, the method comprising:
- receiving at a robot, instructions to traverse a surface of a piled granular material in a bulk store;
- controlling, by a processor according to the instructions, movement of the robot via bilateral augers of an auger-based drive system to traverse about a portion of the surface of the piled granular material in the bulk store;
- and
- capturing, via a temperature sensor of the robot, a temperature measurement of the portion of the piled granular material during the traversal of the portion of the piled granular material by the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.