Remotely controlled packable robot

US11331818B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Foster-Miller, Inc. · US

Inventors

• David C. Meeker · Natick, US
• Timothy J. Mason · Uxbridge, US
• Andrew Kirouac · Chelmsford, US
• Christopher Leon · Irvine, US
• William Abraham Crowley · Wayne, US
• Ryan Wasserman · Medford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2019
• Grant date: May 17, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/70
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A remotely controlled packable robot includes a chassis, a motive subsystem for maneuvering the chassis, and an open channel under the robot defined by the chassis and the motive subsystem. A rearward arm base member mount is located between the chassis and a rotatable arm shoulder and is pivotable with respect to the chassis to store the arm underneath the robot in the open channel.