Systems, methods and apparatus for automated vehicle wheel removal and replacement are provided. One system includes a computer system with applications for scheduling the replacement of tires for the vehicle. An electronically controlled lift device and robotic apparatus is configured for interaction with the computer system. The lift device mechanically adjusts arms for placement on lift points of vehicles. The robotic apparatus detects positioning of lug nut configuration for a wheel, removes lug nuts, and then removes the wheel from the wheel hub with gripping arms. The wheel and tire are then handed off to a separate tire changing machine. When a new tire is replaced the robotic apparatus then mounts the wheel to the original wheel hub, and then secures the lug nuts to the lug nut bolts.

Vehicle dimension data describing dimensions of a vehicle are obtained, a robotic apparatus is moved to a position about the vehicle, a reference point of the vehicle is determined, and the robotic apparatus is caused to move to positions about the vehicle based on the reference point. The reference point is a center point of a selected wheel of the vehicle. A coordinate system of the robotic apparatus is aligned to the reference point of the selected wheel of the vehicle. Based on the aligned coordinate system of the robotic apparatus, operations are performed by the robotic apparatus to remove lug nuts from a wheel hub of the vehicle.

A nut pickup and fastening device for automatic tire mounting includes a nut setting unit that arranges a plurality of nuts to align with the bolt arrangement of the wheel disk of a vehicle body, and a pickup fastener coupled to the tip of a robot arm. The pickup fastener may include a tool frame unit, a plurality of nut runners provided on the tool frame unit corresponding to the set nuts and configured to provide torque for nut fastening, and a plurality of holding sockets coupled to the tip of each nut runner, configured to pick up and hold the nuts from the nut setting unit.

A nut pickup and fastening device for automatic tire mounting includes a nut setting unit that arranges a plurality of nuts to align with the bolt arrangement of the wheel disk of a vehicle body, and a pickup fastener coupled to the tip of a robot arm. The pickup fastener may include a tool frame unit, a plurality of nut runners provided on the tool frame unit corresponding to the set nuts and configured to provide torque for nut fastening, and a plurality of holding sockets coupled to the tip of each nut runner, configured to pick up and hold the nuts from the nut setting unit.

A spoked wheel truing system includes a client computer configured with a graphical user interface to collect data on a wheel. The client computer is configured to communicate with a remote server to send the collected data to the remote server, and receive from the remote server processed data comprising instructions on truing the wheel.