Remotely controlled packable robot
AssigneeFoster-Miller, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Meeker, Timothy J. Mason, Andrew Kirouac, Ryan Wasserman
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Abstract
A remotely controlled packable robot features a chassis with a top surface and a bottom surface, a pair of main tracks for maneuvering the chassis, and an open channel under the robot defined by the bottom surface of the chassis and the main tracks. A robot arm is foldable from a stored position in the open channel underneath the robot chassis to a deployed position extending upwards from the top surface of the chassis. A camera assembly may be foldable from a stowed position in the open channel underneath the robot chassis next to the robot arm to a deployed position extending upwards from the top surface of the chassis.
Claims28
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a pair of main tracks for maneuvering the chassis;
- an open channel under the robot defined by the bottom surface of the chassis and the main tracks;
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- a first base member associated with the chassis and pivotable with respect to the chassis.
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a pair of main tracks for maneuvering the chassis;
- an open channel under the robot defined by the bottom surface of the chassis and the main tracks;
- a robot arm base member hinged to the chassis;
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- a robot arm coupled to the robot arm base member and foldable from a stored position in said open channel underneath the robot chassis to a deployed position extending upwards from the top surface of the chassis.
A remotely controlled robot comprising:
- a chassis with a top surface and a bottom surface;
- right and left main tracks for maneuvering the chassis;
- right and left tracked rotatable flipper arms for maneuvering the chassis;
- an integrated drive assembly for each main track and flipper pair including:
- a motor in a housing for rotating a flipper arm, and
- a stator and rotor disposed about the housing for driving a main track and a flipper track;
- an open channel under the robot defined by the bottom surface of the chassis and the main tracks;
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- a robot arm foldable from a stored position in said open channel underneath the robot chassis to a deployed position extending upwards from the top surface of the chassis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.