Patent ID: 11897149
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a control system of a robotic apparatus, instructions to perform an electronic component swap task, wherein the robotic apparatus comprises a main body that defines an interior space open to a front of the main body;
generating, by the control system of the robotic apparatus, a path to approach an electronics rack that stores the target electronic component;
causing, by the control system of the robotic apparatus, the robotic apparatus to move along the determined approach path toward the electronics rack;
causing, by the control system of the robotic apparatus, a height adjustable platform system of the robotic apparatus to horizontally align with an equipment drawer of the electronics rack that stores the target electronic component;
generating, by the control system of the robotic apparatus, first gripper apparatus control signals to cause the first gripper apparatus to grip the equipment drawer of the electronics rack and reciprocally extract the equipment drawer from a closed position to an extracted position that is substantially within the interior space of the main body;
generating, by the control system of the robotic apparatus, fan system control signals to a fan system mounted within the interior space of the robotic apparatus to blow air down into the interior space; and
generating, by the control system of the robotic apparatus, second gripper apparatus control signals to cause the second gripper apparatus to grip and remove the target electronic component from a target position located within the equipment drawer.