Autonomous deposition machine with improved deposition layout features

• Main Authors: Anthony David George Rhoades, Yao Gong, Samuel Paul Cornish-Evans
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.09.2023
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ORTHE LIKE; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROLLER SKATES; SKATES; SKIS; SPORTS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

An autonomous deposition machine 10 and associated method comprises at least one receptacle (32 figure 2) to hold a deposition material, at least one deposition arrangement (42 figure 2), a locomotion arrangement (24 figure 3), a sensor arrangement 38 and a control unit, the control unit operable to receive at least one deposition instruction. The deposition instructions include instructions for a multi section deposition. The control unit controls the deposition arrangement and the locomotion arrangement to autonomously deposit the deposition material onto a surface in a first section, wherein during that first section, a true path is also deposited by the autonomous deposition apparatus. In a second section of the deposition, the control unit uses the sensor arrangement to dynamically monitor the true path and correct the position of the autonomous vehicle in order to deposit the second section in line with the true path. Thus, there is provided an improved high-resolution grand-scale accuracy of ground printing and deposition systems.