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US 12,654,791 B2Granted
Hybrid vehicle for use in lunar exploration
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsErnestine Fu, John Suh
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle is provided. The hybrid vehicle may comprise a chassis and a plurality of leg-wheel components coupled to the chassis. The plurality of leg-wheel components may be configured to be collectively operable to provide wheeled locomotion and walking locomotion.
Claims16
A hybrid vehicle, comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of leg-wheel components coupled to the chassis;
- one or more sensors configured to collect data pertaining to an environment of the hybrid vehicle;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- analyze the data, and based on the data, determine one or more factors of the environment of the hybrid vehicle;
- and
- select one or more vehicle operation settings, based on the one or more factors of the environment,
- wherein the plurality of leg-wheel components comprise a leg component and a wheel component, and the plurality of leg-wheel components are configured to be collectively operable to provide wheeled locomotion and walking locomotion,
- wherein the one or more vehicle operation settings comprise at least one of:
- one or more vehicle operation modes, one or more walking gait modes, a vehicle speed, or a direction of travel, and
- wherein the plurality of wheel-leg components utilize at least one of a mammalian walking gait in which the wheel-leg components extend outwards in a direction of travel of the vehicle or a reptilian walking gait in which the wheel-leg components extend outwards perpendicular to the direction of travel during the walking locomotion.
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A system for controlling a hybrid vehicle, comprising:
- the hybrid vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a plurality of leg-wheel components coupled to the chassis;
- and
- one or more sensors configured to collect data pertaining to an environment of the hybrid vehicle,
- wherein the plurality of leg-wheel components comprise a leg component and a wheel component, and the plurality of leg-wheel components are configured to be collectively operable to provide wheeled locomotion and walking locomotion;
- wherein the one or more vehicle operation settings comprise at least one of:
- one or more vehicle operation modes, one or more walking gait modes, a vehicle speed, or a direction of travel;
- wherein the plurality of wheel-leg components utilize at least one of a mammalian walking gait in which the wheel-leg components extend outwards in a direction of travel of the vehicle or a reptilian walking gait in which the wheel-leg components extend outwards perpendicular to the direction of travel during the walking locomotion;
- and
- a computing device comprising a processor and a memory, the computing device configured to store programming instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- cause the plurality of leg-wheel components to collectively operate to provide wheeled locomotion and walking locomotion;
- analyze the data, and based on the data, determine one or more factors of the environment of the hybrid vehicle;
- and
- select one or more vehicle operation settings, based on the one or more factors of the environment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.