AUTONOMOUS DOWNHOLE ROBOTIC CONVEYANCE PLATFORM

A modular mobility platform (10) has extendable and retractable tractor treads (44) for engaging the walls (55) of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads (44) allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is c...

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Hauptverfasser:	SAEED, Abubaker, SHASHO, Jeffrey, SADICK, Shazad
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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Zusammenfassung:	A modular mobility platform (10) has extendable and retractable tractor treads (44) for engaging the walls (55) of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads (44) allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is composed of a plurality of different modules (12-32) removably interconnected together longitudinally. Each module has at least one specific function, such as sensing, navigation, mobility, control, communication, power, or a combination thereof. The platform (10) has longitudinally-directed detectors for detecting the forward or reverse direction through which the platform is to travel. A front end of the platform having a sensor at the forward end thereof articulates to navigate the mobility platform laterally through splits in the downhole environment. A system and method use the modular mobility platform.