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US 10,093,367 B2Granted
Omni-directional treads
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorDonald Bolden Hutson
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Abstract
A robotic device includes multiple sprockets coupled to a tread module. The robotic device also includes multiple first drive gears coupled to a drive shaft gear of the tread module. The robotic device further includes a second drive gear coupled to a carousel gear of the tread module.
Claims9
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for operation of a robotic device, the program code comprising:
- program code to control a first plurality of drive gears to drive a first plurality of drive shafts that move a first tread of the robotic device in a forward direction or a reverse direction;
- and
- program code to control a second plurality of drive gears to drive a first plurality of carousel gears that rotate the first tread in at least one orthogonal direction relative to the forward direction and the reverse direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.