Robot system including an aerial vehicle and a ground vehicle
AssigneeSingapore University of Technology and Design
InventorsShaohui Foong, Jer Luen Chien, Clarissa Tze Lyn Leong, Jingmin Liu, Jia Hwee Low
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Abstract
Aspects concerning a robot system is provided comprising a ground vehicle, an aerial vehicle capable of flight, and a tether connecting the aerial vehicle to the ground vehicle, wherein the tether comprises on or more Bowden cables, each having an inner cable connected at one end to a respective motor of one or more motors of the ground vehicle and at another end to a component of the aerial vehicle, wherein the ground vehicle comprises a motor controller configured to control movement of the component of the aerial vehicle by controlling the one or more motors.
Claims11
A robot system comprising:
- a ground vehicle;
- an aerial vehicle capable of flight;
- and
- a tether connecting the aerial vehicle to the ground vehicle,
- wherein the tether comprises one or more Bowden cables, each having an inner cable connected at one end to a respective motor of one or more motors of the ground vehicle and at another end to a component of the aerial vehicle;
- and
- wherein the ground vehicle comprises a motor controller configured to control movement of the component of the aerial vehicle by controlling the one or more motors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.