US 11,866,079 B2
Wire-traversing robot and method of operation
Gennaro Notomista, Atlanta, GA (US); Magnus B. Egerstedt, Atlanta, GA (US); and Yousef A. Emam, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,927.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,641, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009532 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01); B61B 3/02 (2006.01); B61L 3/00 (2006.01); B61L 5/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC B61L 3/006 (2013.01) [B25J 9/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/126 (2013.01); B61B 3/02 (2013.01); B61L 5/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot comprising:
a body;
a processor; and
a memory, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the body to:
engage a first wire to support the robot from the first wire;
traverse the first wire;
engage a second wire simultaneously while engaging the first wire, the second wire branching from the first wire;
after engaging the second wire, disengage the first wire; and
traverse the second wire.