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OwnerDean Kamen, Robert R. Ambrogi +4inventors
InventorsDean Kamen, Robert R. Ambrogi, J. Douglas Field, John David Heinzmann, Richard Kurt Heinzmann, Christopher C. Langenfeld
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A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality of ground contacting elements are coupled to the support platform such that the transporter is statically stable with respect to tipping in the fore-aft plane. At least one of the plurality of ground contacting elements is driven by a motorized drive arrangement. A sensor module generates a signal indicative of the load distribution. Based at least on the load distribution, a controller commands the motorized drive arrangement.
A transporter comprising:
A method for controlling a transporter having a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution, the transporter further including a plurality of ground-contacting elements such that the transporter is statically stable with respect to tipping in the fore-aft plane, the transporter further including a motorized drive arrangement for driving at least one of the plurality of ground-contacting elements, the method comprising:
A transporter comprising:
A method for controlling a transporter having a support platform for supporting a load, the support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes, the transporter including a plurality of ground-contacting elements such that the transporter is statically stable with respect to tipping, the transporter further including a pivot element pivotally coupled to at least one of the ground contacting elements such that the pivot element is capable of tilting, and a motorized drive arrangement for driving at least one of the plurality of ground-contacting elements, the method comprising:
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