Patent ID: 11892322
Assignee: GECKO ROBOTICS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 17:
18. An inspection apparatus, comprising:
a drive module comprising a motor and a pair of wheels structured to engage a top tube of a vertically arranged layer of tubes, wherein the motor is operatively coupled to at least one wheel of the pair of wheels;
at least one telescoping pole;
a sensor carriage assembly coupled to the at least one telescoping pole, the sensor carriage assembly structured to accept at least one of a plurality of sensors,
wherein the sensor carriage assembly comprises a guide arm structured to engage a tube of at least one of the vertically arranged layer of tubes or an adjacent vertically arranged layer of tubes;
a sensor carriage actuator operatively engaged with the sensor carriage assembly, and structured to selectively rotate the sensor carriage assembly between an inspection position and a raising/lowering position, wherein the sensor carriage assembly has a narrower vertical profile in the raising/lowering position than in the inspection position; and
a lowering mechanism operationally coupled to the at least one telescoping pole and structured to selectively extend or retract the at least one telescoping pole.