US 12,131,298 B2
Participation of robots in defect repair
Saraswathi Sailaja Perumalla, Visakhapatnam (IN); Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN); Sathya Santhar, Ramapuram (IN); and Venkataramana Bora, Visakhapatnam (IN)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,981.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410061 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/20 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
detecting a defect in a structure;
generating a repair plan to fix the detected defect in the structure using a plurality of work robots;
programming the plurality of work robots with a set of task assignments based on the generated repair plan to fix the detected defect in the structure;
deploying the programmed plurality of work robots to a staging area proximate to the detected defect in the structure;
locating a target area of the detected defect using the programmed plurality of work robots;
placing a repair material at the staging area proximate to the detected defect in the structure;
filling the located target area of the detected defect with the repair material using the programmed plurality of work robots; and
in response to determining that the located target area of the detected defect is filled with the repair material, fusing the repair material with the located target area to fix the detected defect in the structure.