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US 12,157,343 B2Granted
Driving robot device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDonghan Koo, Sanghyun Kang, Hyunsuk Kwak, Minhee Lee
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Abstract
A driving robot device is provided. The driving robot device may include a plurality of suspensions configured to absorb a shock applied by a driving surface on which the driving robot device drives; a first driving part that includes a motor and is configured to adjust a strength of the plurality of suspensions; and at least one processor configured to control the first driving part to adjust the strength of the plurality of suspensions based on driving surface information with respect to a state of driving surface, and based on food information with respect to a state of food carried by the driving robot device.
Claims19
A driving robot device comprising:
- a plurality of suspensions configured to absorb a shock applied by a driving surface on which the driving robot device drives;
- a first driving part that comprises a motor and is configured to adjust a strength of the plurality of suspensions;
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- at least one processor configured to control the first driving part to adjust the strength of the plurality of suspensions based on driving surface information with respect to a state of driving surface, and based on food information with respect to a state of food carried by the driving robot device,
- wherein the plurality of suspensions comprises a first suspension that comprises a center part and two side parts at opposite sides of the center part, respectively,
- wherein each of the two side parts comprises a cantilever,
- wherein the at least one processor is further configured to vary a supporting point of the cantilever of each of the two side parts of the first suspension by controlling driving of the first driving part,
- wherein the plurality of suspensions comprises the first suspension and a second suspension re provided on a lower side of a base plate of the driving robot device at an interval, and in parallel to each other,
- wherein the second suspension comprises ter part and two side parts at opposite sides of the center part of the second suspension, respectively,
- wherein the center part of the first suspension and the center part of the second suspension is fixed to the base plate,
- wherein each of the two side parts of the first suspension further comprise a caster provided on a lower surface of the cantilever of a respective one of the two side parts of the first suspension,
- wherein each of the two side parts of the second suspension comprises a cantilever and a caster provided on a lower surface of the cantilever of a respective one of the two side parts of the second suspension, and
- wherein the at least one processor is further configured to vary a supporting point of the cantilever of each of the two side parts of each of the first suspension and the second suspension by controlling driving of the first driving part.
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A driving robot device comprising:
- a base plate;
- a pair of driving wheels respectively connected to a left side and a right side of the base plate;
- a first suspension provided on a lower side of the base plate and comprising a first cantilever and a second cantilever at respective sides of the first suspension;
- a second suspension provided at the lower side of the base plate and comprising a third cantilever and a fourth cantilever at respective sides of the second suspension;
- a plurality of casters respectively provided on lower surfaces of the first suspension and the second suspension, to respectively correspond to the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever;
- a plurality of operating blocks configured to move along a longitudinal direction of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever, respectively, and operate as a supporting point of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever, respectively;
- a driving part comprising a motor, the motor configured to move the plurality of operating blocks respectively and simultaneously along the longitudinal direction of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever;
- a plurality of shock absorbers that are respectively provided between upper surfaces of the first suspension and the second suspension and a lower surface of the base plate, to respectively correspond to the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever;
- a memory storing mapping information including a driving surface state;
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- at least one processor configured to control the driving part to adjust a strength of the first suspension and the second suspension by varying the supporting point of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever, based on the mapping information.
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A driving robot device comprising:
- a first suspension comprising a first cantilever and a second cantilever at respective sides of the first suspension;
- a second suspension comprising a third cantilever and a fourth cantilever at respective sides of the second suspension;
- a plurality of operating blocks configured to move along a longitudinal direction of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever, respectively, and operate as a supporting point of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever, respectively;
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- a driving part comprising a motor, the motor configured to move the plurality of operating blocks respectively and simultaneously along the longitudinal direction of the first cantilever, the second cantilever, the third cantilever, and the fourth cantilever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.