The present disclosure provides an assembly, adapter device, and method that utilize a standard displacement gauge or the like, well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, to measure the height of a flange, such as a flange formed via bending a planar vehicle component with a given thickness and, thus, including a radius at the bottom interior of the flange. This assembly, adapter device, and method provide consistent measurements across components, operators, education and experience levels, etc. The adapter device is designed to engage the flange being measured in such a way that consistent engagement of the adapter device with the radius, and, thus, consistent engagement of the assembly with the flange, is provided for measurement.

A computer-implemented method for determining a two-point size of a workpiece includes receiving a set of measuring points of the workpiece, determining a longitudinal axis of the workpiece based on the set of measuring points, projecting at least a part of the set of measuring points into a projection plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to obtain a set of projection points, and determining a two-point size of the workpiece based on the projection point.

A computer-implemented method for determining a two-point size of a workpiece includes receiving a set of measuring points of the workpiece, determining a longitudinal axis of the workpiece based on the set of measuring points, projecting at least a part of the set of measuring points into a projection plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to obtain a set of projection points, and determining a two-point size of the workpiece based on the projection point.

Disclosed is a device for the inspection or maintenance of devices, for example rotor blades of wind power plants. A frame structure can encompass the device, e.g. a rotor blade, and be used for the inspection or examination or cleaning of the rotor blade or other object. The frame structure has, for example, an inner opening which encloses the object during use. Propellers allow a horizontal movement of the frame structure and thus, for example, of a robot for examining the object. A vertical movement of the robot can be controlled by a cable suspension so that the vertical position of the examination device can be changed. A detection, cleaning, or monitoring system can be provided on the frame structure for detecting the condition of the object, cleaning, monitoring or treatment. A control station can be provided on the ground or on a transporter or other device.

A shape measurement device includes: a displacement detector configured to detect displacement of a contact; a relative movement mechanism configured to relatively move the displacement detector with respect to the measurement object, and allow the contact to trace a surface to be measured of the measurement object; a position detecting sensor configured to detect a relative position of the displacement detector with respect to the measurement object; a camera configured to image the contact, and output a captured image of the contact; and a synchronization controller configured to repetitively execute three actions in synchronization together while the relative movement is being performed by the relative movement mechanism, the actions including detection of the relative position by the position detecting sensor, detection of the displacement by the displacement detector, and imaging by the camera.

A drift is inserted into a first end of a first pipe and a first actuator is pressed against a second end of the first pipe. A valve in the first actuator is opened and a valve in a second actuator is closed. When a vacuum is turned on, suction is applied to the first actuator, drawing the drift through the first pipe. The drift is removed from the second end and inserted into a second end of a second pipe. The second actuator is pressed against a first end of the second pipe. The valve in the first actuator is closed, the valve in the second actuator is opened, and suction is applied, drawing the drift through the second pipe. The back-and-forth process is repeated for each of a number of pipes. If the drift encounters an obstruction, the pipe can be set aside for further inspection.

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 relative to a piled granular material in a bulk store, via the auger-based drive system, such that the robot traverses a first surface of the piled granular material in a mapping pattern. The processor is further configured to record a plurality of three-dimensional locations of the robot during the traversal in the mapping pattern. The processor or a computer system coupled with the processor is configured to assemble the plurality of three-dimensional locations of the robot into a three-dimensional surface map of the first surface of the piled granular material.

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 relative to a piled granular material in a bulk store, via the auger-based drive system, such that the robot traverses a first surface of the piled granular material in a mapping pattern. The processor is further configured to record a plurality of three-dimensional locations of the robot during the traversal in the mapping pattern. The processor or a computer system coupled with the processor is configured to assemble the plurality of three-dimensional locations of the robot into a three-dimensional surface map of the first surface of the piled granular material.

The disclosure relates to a method for determining a sharpness condition of a saw chain of a chain saw. The saw chain includes at least one cutting link having an upper cutting blade. An upper cutting blade image of the upper cutting blade of the cutting link is recorded using an imaging device. An evaluation of the upper cutting blade image is performed using an evaluation unit, which includes an artificial neural network. A sharp condition and a dull condition of the saw chain are defined in the evaluation unit. The saw chain is assigned on the basis of the upper cutting blade image using the artificial neural network to the sharp condition or the dull condition.

The disclosure relates to a method for determining a sharpness condition of a saw chain of a chain saw. The saw chain includes at least one cutting link having an upper cutting blade. An upper cutting blade image of the upper cutting blade of the cutting link is recorded using an imaging device. An evaluation of the upper cutting blade image is performed using an evaluation unit, which includes an artificial neural network. A sharp condition and a dull condition of the saw chain are defined in the evaluation unit. The saw chain is assigned on the basis of the upper cutting blade image using the artificial neural network to the sharp condition or the dull condition.