Patent ID: 11919149
Assignee: ROSENDIN ELECTRIC, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  H  G  F  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 9:
10. A system, comprising:
an autonomous solar module installation platform for solar module installation onto a solar tracker,
where the autonomous solar module installation platform includes at least an autonomous ground vehicle with a robotic arm for the solar module installation,
a global positioning system (GPS),
a vision system, where the autonomous ground vehicle is configured to autonomously drive itself to the solar tracker and align itself with the solar tracker using the GPS and the vision system for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker; and
wherein the autonomous ground vehicle is further configured to self-level at least the robotic arm relative to the solar tracker, accounting for a terrain, using a leveling mechanism consisting of any of i) screw actuators, ii) hydraulic cylinders, iii) airbags, iv) pneumatic actuators, and v) any combination of these, at multiple corners of a deck of the autonomous ground vehicle, where the leveling mechanism is configured to cooperate with a level sensor in order to level the robotic arm relative to the solar tracker.