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OT-2026-000001796

Robotic grain walk down in a flat storage bulk store

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
JOHNSON BENJAMIN H, JOHNSON CHAD E, ZENTS ZANE
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GRAIN WEEVIL CORP
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US-12576526-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 17 March 2026
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Abstract

A robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor coupled with the memory and configured to control movement of the robot, via the auger-based drive system, relative to grain in a flat storage bulk store. The processor is further configured to direct traversal, by the robot, of a portion of a pile of the grain in the flat storage bulk store. The traversal is performed to incite sediment gravity flow in the portion of pile of grain system to walk-down the grain in the portion. The sediment gravity flow is incited by disruption of viscosity of the portion of the pile of grain through agitation of the portion of the pile of grain by auger rotation of the auger-based drive.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001796, “Robotic grain walk down in a flat storage bulk store,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:08:43 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001796.

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