Patent ID: 11885769
Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  F | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:
a probe configured to scan a structure;
a processor having code therein configured to control the scanning by the probe;
a chassis configured to retain the processor and the probe; and
an arm extending from the chassis and having a clutch, a motor, a propeller configured to rotate about a vertical rotary axis, a power transmission sub-system, and a wheel mounted thereon,
wherein the clutch is configured to selectively move vertically parallel to the vertical rotary axis in a first direction to selectively couple the motor to the propeller and to not couple the motor to the power transmission sub-system in a first configuration, and configured to selectively move vertically parallel to the vertical rotary axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction to selectively couple the motor to the power transmission sub-system and to not couple the motor to the propeller in a second configuration,
wherein the propeller in the first configuration moves the UAV away from a surface of the structure, and
wherein the power transmission sub-system rotates the wheel in the second configuration to move the UAV on and along the surface.