Agile versatile mobile robot body
US5515934A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62D57/022
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A modular robot body assembly includes a generally rhombicuboctahedron geometric shape segmented into five modules symmetrically located around a horizontal center shaft system which allows the robot body, front legs, and back legs to rotate about a horizontal center axis with respect to one another. Four quarter-shell modules are arranged at 90 degree angles from each other about the common horizontal center axis and joined at edges to each other and at their inner facing edges to a core module containing a shaft rotatably mounted along the horizontal center axis. Each module may contain functionally different parts that can be mixed and matched with other modules to suit particular applications. A flexible coil conduit is connected between the shaft and the core module providing an electrical linkage form the robot body to the legs while maintaining rotational capability of the legs with respect to the body.
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