US 11,926,481 B2
Robot device, and method for inspection of components of a belt conveyor
Gustavo Medeiros Freitas, Ouro Preto (BR); Marcos Paulo Torre, Mariana (BR); Gabriel Carvalho Garcia, Ouro Preto (BR); Filipe Augusto Santos Rocha, Ouro Preto (BR); André Stanzani Franca, Vitória (BR); Felipe Ribeiro Da Fonseca, Vitória (BR); Fernando Cesar Lizarralde, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Ramon Romankevicius Costa, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Alex Fernandes Neves, Rio de Janeiro (BR); and João Carlos Espiúca Monteiro, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Assigned to VALE S.A., Rio de Janeiro (BR); and UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO—UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Appl. No. 17/056,622
Filed by VALE S.A., Rio de Janeiro (BR); and UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO—UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/BR2019/050090
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/218035, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1020180102133 (BR), filed on May 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206579 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B65G 43/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 43/02 (2013.01) [B25J 5/005 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 19/022 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); B25J 19/026 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Robotic device for inspecting components of a conveyor belt, comprising:
one mobile platform; and
one robotic arm having a first end coupled to the movable platform and a second end;
wherein the robotic arm comprises an articulated structure configured to conduct the second end to contact at least one of the components of the belt conveyor and
wherein the robotic device comprises a vibration sensor attached to the second end of the arm.