Patents by Inventor Rob Kodadek

Rob Kodadek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • AUTONOMOUS GROUND VEHICLE FOR SOLAR MODULE INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20240238989
    Abstract: An advanced system of cooperating solar module carrier robots for installing solar panels on a solar tracker is provided. The advanced system can include a computer vision system designed to route the cooperating solar module carrier robots to a solar tracker, a deck sized to fit one or more pallets of solar panels, and a robotic arm with a suction cup tool designed to pick up and hold a solar panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Asmari, Brian Lynn, Eric Feldman, Greg Penza, Ben Artes, Rob Kodadek, Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, Jr., Halston Ryan Rowe, David Scott Lincoln
  • ROBOTIC ARM COOPERATING WITH AN OFF-ROAD CAPABLE BASE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240189978
    Abstract: An advanced system of cooperating solar module carrier robots for installing solar panels is provided. The system includes a computer vision system designed to route the cooperating solar module carrier robots to the solar tracker. The system also includes a robotic arm with a suction cup tool designed to pick up and hold a solar panel. The suction cup tool can include a set of suction cups, an actuator designed to create a vacuum in each suction cup of the set of suction cups. The suction cup tool also has an air nozzle designed to below off debris on a surface of the solar panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Ali Asmari, Brian Lynn, Eric Feldman, Greg Penza, Ben Artes, Rob Kodadek, Charles Zhou, William Paul Mazzetti, JR., Halston Ryan Rowe, David Scott Lincoln