Electronic Optical Flow Sensors and Truck Wash Robotics Discussed

Currently in the truck washing robotics manufacturinghousehold feather duster could be deployed on a long
industry electronic optical flow sensors are not used.shaft with an optical flow sensor or for optical flow
Some of the newer systems use optical sensors butsensors, which were set back 6 feet equal distance
not optical flow sensors. The truck washing industryapart. The spinning brush would move forward and
also uses sonar sensors for soap float levels andback and clean between all the nooks and crannies.
other things but optical flow sensors have yet notOptical flow sensors are currently used in many
been deployed.industries especially unmanned vehicles such as
It would make sense that the robotic truck washingunderwater unmanned vehicles, unmanned aerial
industry would look at optical flow sensors becausevehicles and unmanned ground vehicles to ensure that
the current roll over systems do not seem to be ablethe vehicle does not bump into anything. The truck
to clean the truck more than about 90%. This iswash manufacturers to design and build robotic title
because the brushes that go over the truck cannottruck launches must use this technology to clean the
get into the nooks and crannies such as between thelast 10% of the truck that they are currently unable to
fuel tank and frame or around the smokestacks.clean. Please consider all this in 2006.
A daisy wheel system, which would resemble a giant