Remotely controlled packable robot
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Meeker, Timothy J. Mason, Andrew Kirouac, Ryan Wasserman
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Abstract
A remotely controlled packable robot features a chassis, right and left main tracks for maneuvering the chassis, and right and left tracked rotatable flipper arms for maneuvering the chassis. An integrated drive assembly is provided for each main track and flipper pair and includes a motor in a housing attached to the chassis for rotating the flipper and a stator and rotor disposed about the motor housing for driving the main track and the flipper track.
Claims39
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis;
- right and left main tracks for maneuvering the chassis;
- right and left tracked rotatable flipper arms for maneuvering the chassis;
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- an integrated drive assembly for each main track and flipper pair including:
- a motor in a housing attached to the chassis for rotating the flipper,
- a stator and rotor disposed about the motor housing for driving the main track and the flipper track, and
- each rotor including exterior teeth driving a respective main track.
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis;
- right and left main tracks for maneuvering the chassis;
- right and left rotatable flipper arms for maneuvering the chassis;
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- an integrated drive assembly for each main track and flipper arm pair including:
- a motor in a housing attached to the chassis for rotating the flipper arm,
- a stator and rotor disposed about the motor housing for driving the main track, and
- each rotor including exterior teeth driving a respective main track.
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis;
- at least one main track for maneuvering the chassis;
- at least one rotatable flipper arm for maneuvering the chassis;
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- an integrated drive assembly for the main track and the flipper arm and including:
- a motor in a housing attached to the chassis for rotating the flipper arm,
- a stator and rotor disposed about the motor housing for driving a main track, and
- each rotor including exterior teeth for driving a respective main track.
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis with a top surface and a bottom surface and an open channel under the robot defined by the bottom surface of the chassis and the main tracks;
- right and left main chassis tracks;
- right and left tracked rotatable flipper arms for maneuvering the chassis;
- an integrated drive assembly for each main track and flipper pair including:
- a motor in a housing attached to the chassis for rotating the flipper,
- a stator and rotor disposed about the motor housing for driving the main chassis track and the flipper track;
- a robot arm foldable from a stored position in said open channel underneath the robot chassis to a deployed position extending upward from the top surface of the chasses;
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- a foldable base member for the robot arm located on one end of the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.