Life-saving robot
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSung Jun Kim, Dong Hoon Oh, Jin Wook Kim
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Abstract
A life-saving robot includes a housing having a round ring shape, a buoyancy generator disposed at an upper portion of the housing, a thrust generator disposed at a lower portion of the housing and configured to provide propulsive force, a driver configured to provide power to the thrust generator, and a guard portion that is disposed at the lower portion of the housing and covers the thrust generator. An exterior of the life-saving robot is substantially spherical and defined by a combination of the buoyancy generator, the housing, and the guard portion.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a round ring shape;
- a buoyancy generator disposed at an upper portion of the housing and configured to provide buoyancy force;
- a thrust generator disposed at a lower portion of the housing and configured to provide propulsive force;
- a driver configured to provide power to the thrust generator;
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- a guard portion that is disposed at the lower portion of the housing and covers the thrust generator,
- wherein an exterior of the apparatus is substantially spherical and defined by a combination of the buoyancy generator, the housing, and the guard portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.