US 11,859,363 B2
System and method for robotics-assisted foundation installation
Stephen W. Jaycox, Natick, MA (US); Quentin Topping, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Michael Goldin, Novato, CA (US); and Johnny Lee, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Situ-Places, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Situ-Places, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/272,055, filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125602 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. E02D 13/06 (2006.01); E02D 35/00 (2006.01); E02D 5/56 (2006.01); E04G 23/06 (2006.01); E02D 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 13/06 (2013.01) [E02D 5/56 (2013.01); E02D 35/00 (2013.01); E02D 27/12 (2013.01); E02D 2600/10 (2013.01); E04G 23/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A system for controlling the location of a plurality of columns with respect to a plurality of structural supports, the system comprising:
a plurality of interfaces, each interface defining an internal space configured to receive a first end of a column from the plurality of columns;
a plurality of actuator assemblies, each actuator assembly configured to move a column from the plurality of columns with respect to a structural support from the plurality of structural supports; and
a computing system including instructions and a data acquisition system configured to determine, for each column of the plurality of columns, a location of a second end of the column, wherein, when:
the plurality of structural supports are installed at a build site,
an interface from the plurality of interfaces is provided atop each structural support,
each column from the plurality of columns is positioned within a different internal space of each interface of the plurality of interfaces such that, for each column, the first end of the column is within the internal space and the second end of the column is external to the internal space, and
an actuator assembly from the plurality of actuator assemblies is connected to each column from the plurality of columns;
the instructions, when executed by the computing system cause the system to perform operations including:
determining, for each structural support from the plurality of structural supports and using the data acquisition system, an actual location of the second end of the column in the interface atop the structural support;
determining, using the determined actual locations of the second ends of the columns of the plurality of columns, for each second end of each column from the plurality of columns:
a target location for the second end of the column, and
an offset between the actual location of the second end of the column and the target location for the second end of the column;
determining, for a subset of the second ends of the columns of the plurality of columns, that the offset for each second end of each column in the subset is greater than a first predetermined tolerance from the target location;
causing, for each second end of each column in the subset, the attached actuator assembly to move the second end of the column toward the target location for that second end of the column;
determining, for each second end of each column in the subset and using the data acquisition system, that the offset has changed to be within the first predetermined tolerance; and
indicating to a user that the offset is within the first predetermined tolerance for each second end of the column front the plurality of columns.