A robotic PV module installation system for populating a solar generation plant with PV modules with minimal human intervention. The PV module installation system can include an aerial work platform (AWP), a linear slide, and a robotic arm. The AWP can include an articulated boom. The AWP can also be configured for movement over off-road terrain. The linear slide can be coupled to a free-end of the articulated boom. The robotic arm can be coupled to a slide of the linear slide to increase a horizontal reach of the robotic arm through movement of the slide along the linear slide. The robotic arm can also include an end of arm tooling configured to pick up PV modules.
ROBOTIC MANIPULATION OF PV MODULES
2021-12-09
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B25J Manipulatoren , MANIPULATORS / 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 , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen |