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US 12,240,544 B2Granted
Reconfigurable walking robot
AssigneeKhalifa University of Science and Technology
InventorsBashar El-Khasawneh, Abdur Rosyid Patrum, Cesare Stefanini
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Abstract
A robotic device is described. The robotic device includes segments and arms connected to a platform. A machining or another processing tool can be coupled to the platform. The segments can have one end attached to the platform and the other end attached to an attachment device. The attachment device can include an attachment surface/mechanism that can attach to a workpiece.
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A robotic device, comprising:
- segments coupled together at proximal ends to form a pyramidal shape, each of the segments having a distal end coupled with an attachment device having an attachment mechanism configured to engage with a workpiece;
- arms having proximal ends moveable relative to the segments;
- a platform coupled to the arms, the platform useable as a support or coupled with a dedicated support, the platform coupled to the arms to position the platform between the proximal ends of the arms and the workpiece when at least one of the attachment mechanisms is engaged with the workpiece;
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- a tool coupled to the platform.
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A method comprising:
- attaching, via an attachment mechanism, a robotic device to a workpiece, the robotic device comprising:
- segments coupled together at proximal ends to form a pyramidal shape, each of the segments having a distal end coupled with an attachment device having the attachment mechanism;
- a platform coupled to arms of the robotic device to position the platform between proximal ends of the arms and the workpiece when at least one of the attachment mechanisms is engaged with the workpiece;
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- a tool coupled to the platform;
- moving the robotic device from a first location of the workpiece to a second location of the workpiece via a walking pattern that involves the arms moving relative to the segments;
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- performing an operation at the second location using the tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.