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US 12,522,307 B2Granted
Vehicle
OwnerDamien Rollinsoninventor
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Abstract
A bipedal vehicle 1 comprising two extendible output legs 5L, 5R (to support the vehicle), two foot holds 59L, 59R (to accept input movement from an operator) and a control system 253 comprising powered actuators to move the output legs in relation to the input movement to produce output movement.
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A bipedal vehicle comprising:
- two extendible output legs that support the bipedal vehicle;
- two foot holds that accept input movement from an operator;
- and
- a control system comprising powered actuators that move the two extendible output legs in relation to the input movement and thereby produce output movement;
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- a mode user-selectable to lower the bipedal vehicle while legs of the operator remain extended.
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A bipedal vehicle comprising:
- two extendible output legs that support the bipedal vehicle;
- two foot holds that accept input movement from an operator;
- a control system comprising powered actuators that move the two extendible output legs in relation to the input movement and thereby produce output movement;
- wherein the control system comprises a respective knee sub-system for each respective output leg of the two extendible output legs;
- each respective knee sub-system comprises a respective position-feedback Flexible Pulling System (FPS) tensioned by a respective knee input movement and relaxed by a respective knee output movement corresponding to the respective knee input movement;
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- a respective position-feedback FPS relative-length being a respective position-feedback FPS length relative to a respective position-feedback FPS path length.
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A bipedal vehicle comprising:
- two extendible output legs that support the bipedal vehicle;
- two foot holds that accept input movement from an operator;
- and
- a control system comprising powered actuators that move the two extendible output legs in relation to the input movement and thereby produce output movement;
- wherein each respective output leg swings fore and aft about a respective output hip;
- and the control system extends each respective output leg by an amount, more than proportionate to a respective input extension, positively related to a respective magnitude-of-departure of the respective output hip from a respective mid-stance position to smooth a ride of the bipedal vehicle.
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A bipedal vehicle comprising:
- two extendible output legs that support the bipedal vehicle;
- two foot holds that accept input movement from an operator;
- and
- a control system comprising powered actuators that move the two extendible output legs in relation to the input movement and thereby produce output movement;
- wherein each respective output leg is movable toe-in and toe-out.
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