Patent ID: 11872685
Assignee: AUTOMATED TIRE, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A method for changing a tire with an autonomous traverse tire changing bot, the method comprising:
providing a carriage having a carriage frame, wheels supporting the carriage frame, and a carriage drive section with at least one motor defining at least one degree of freedom powering at least one of the wheels effecting autonomous traverse of the carriage, along a traverse path, relative to a traverse surface or a floor on which the autonomous traverse tire changing bot rests;
providing a bot frame including at least one robotic articulated arm mounted to the carriage so that the bot frame traverses with the carriage as a unit along the traverse path, and a bot drive section with a motor defining a bot arm degree of freedom, separate and distinct from the at least one degree of freedom, wherein the at least one robotic articulated arm has an end effector having a wheel or tire engagement tool;
effecting, with a controller communicably connected to the carriage drive section and the bot drive section, traverse of the autonomous traverse tire changing bot along the traverse path effecting dynamic positioning of the at least one robotic articulated arm relative to a variable position of the vehicle with the wheel or tire mounted thereon; and
identifying, with at least one vision system coupled to the controller a lug pattern of the wheel, and a size of lug bolts or lug nuts coupling the wheel to the vehicle.