US 12,291,834 B1
Vehicle movement modification for autonomous pile driver vehicle
Noah Austen Ready-Campbell, San Francisco, CA (US); Andrew Xiao Liang, New York, NY (US); Paul Kelly, Wilston (AU); Emily Corser, Cleveland (AU); and Jack McNamara, Red Hill (AU)
Assigned to Built Robotics Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Built Robotics Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,265.
Int. Cl. E02D 7/06 (2006.01); E02D 1/02 (2006.01); E02D 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC E02D 7/06 (2013.01) [E02D 1/02 (2013.01); E02D 7/14 (2013.01); E02D 2600/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
selecting, by an autonomous pile driving system, a pile to drive into ground at a target location;
detecting, by the autonomous pile driving system and using one or more sensors of the autonomous pile driving system, one or more characteristics of the pile before the autonomous pile driving system picks up the pile;
modifying, by the autonomous pile driving system, one or more planned movements of the autonomous pile driving system based on the detected characteristics of the pile before the autonomous pile driving system picks up the pile, wherein modifying the one or more planned movements of the autonomous pile driving system comprises modifying how the autonomous pile driving system picks up the pile; and
autonomously driving, by the autonomous pile driving system, the pile into the ground at least in part based on performing the one or more modified planned movements.