US 12,440,988 B2
Systems and methods for manipulating control panels using robotic arms based on control system data analytics
Jose Meraz, Houston, TX (US); and Andrew James Pratt, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Assigned to Aquila Engineering LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Aquila Engineering LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/581,095.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/140,447, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234202 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1674 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more robotic arms comprising one or more sensors configured to detect visual and audible indicators of a control panel of a control system controlling operation of drilling or well control equipment; and
a data analytics server configured to:
receive operational data relating to the operation of the drilling or well control equipment being controlled by the control system;
receive feedback data relating to the visual and audible indicators of the control panel of the control system controlling operation of the drilling or well control equipment;
perform data analytics on the operational data relating to the operation of the drilling or well control equipment being controlled by the control system and the feedback data relating to the visual and audible indicators of the control panel of the control system controlling operation of the drilling or well control equipment;
determine one or more control signals configured to cause the one or more robotic arms to automatically manipulate one or more control elements of a control panel of the control system in accordance with the data analytics; and
automatically transmit the one or more control signals to the one or more robotic arms to cause the one or more robotic arms to automatically manipulate the one or more control elements of the control panel of the control system.