Automated gas supply system including mobile robot
AssigneeKc Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Jin KIM, Nam Eung KIM, Yong Geon PARK, Young Hoon KIM, Jung Hoon LEE, Du Seok LEE, Jong Chan KIM
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Abstract
A gas supply system includes a cabinet forming an internal space where a gas container is disposed, a fastening device movably installed in the internal space and fastened to a valve of the gas container in a state of being aligned with the valve, and a mobile robot device movable outside the cabinet, detachably connected to the fastening device, and configured to move the fastening device in a state of being connected to the fastening device.
Claims20
A gas supply system comprising:
- a cabinet in which a gas container is disposed;
- a fastening device configured to detach an end cap from a valve of the gas container or fasten a valve connector to the valve of the container;
- and
- a mobile robot device disposed outside the cabinet and connected to the fastening device to operate the fastening device,
- wherein the mobile robot device comprises:
- a body movable along a ground;
- a first robot arm installed on the body, the first robot arm having a multi-degree-of-freedom motion;
- a docking module disposed at an end portion of the first robot arm and detachably fastened to the fastening device;
- a three-dimensional (3D) vision camera configured to collect an image;
- and
- a controller configured to control an operation of the first robot arm based on the image collected by the 3D vision camera.
A gas supply system comprising:
- a cabinet in which a gas container is disposed;
- a fastening device configured to detach an end cap from a valve of the gas container or fasten a valve connector to the valve of the container, in a state of being aligned with the valve of the gas container;
- and
- a mobile robot device movable outside the cabinet,
- wherein the fastening device comprises a docking portion disposed to be externally exposed, and
- the mobile robot device comprises:
- a body movable along a ground;
- a first robot arm installed on the body, the first robot arm having a multi-degree-of-freedom motion;
- a docking module disposed at an end portion of the first robot arm and detachably fastened to the docking portion in a state of being aligned with respect to the fastening device;
- and
- a three-dimensional (3D) vision camera configured to collect images of the gas container, the fastening device, and the docking module,
- wherein a position of the fastening device is adjusted in response to an operation of the mobile robot device, in a state in which the docking module is fastened to the docking portion.
An automated gas supply method through a gas supply system, wherein
- the gas supply system comprises:
- a fastening device configured to detach an end cap from a valve of a gas container or fasten a valve connector to the valve of the gas container;
- and
- a mobile robot device comprising a docking module detachably fastened to the fastening device, and a first robot arm configured to move the docking module, and
- the automated gas supply method comprises:
- determining whether the gas container is safely placed at a gas supply position;
- aligning the docking module by generating a three-dimensional (3D) model in a virtual space according to relative positions of the gas container, the fastening device, and the docking module;
- fastening the docking module to the fastening device based on the generated 3D model;
- and
- moving the docking module so that the fastening device is aligned with the valve of the gas container, after the docking module is fastened to the fastening device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.