US 12,421,813 B2
Overhead robot track apparatus and methods related to same for rigs
Brandon D. Valentine, Bixby, OK (US); Todd R. Woods, Perry, OK (US); Andrew Rose, Tulsa, OK (US); Michael Brzezniak, Cypress, TX (US); and Trevor Hall, Tulsa, OK (US)
Assigned to Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on May 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/667,688.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/502,969, filed on May 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384611 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 19/08 (2006.01); E21B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/08 (2013.01) [E21B 15/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drilling rig assembly comprising:
a robot system further comprising a robot and a robot track for movement of a position of the robot;
a frame assembly couplable to a drilling rig for positioning the robot system above a floor of the drilling rig, the frame assembly comprising:
a first support pillar extending upwardly from a floor of the drilling rig;
a horizontal track support coupled to the robot track and coupled to the first support pillar; and
a cantilever support extending between the first support pillar and the horizontal track support,
wherein the robot track comprises a plurality of rails that couple to the robot such that the robot may move along a length of the robot track.