Two wheeled robot with enhanced climbing features
AssigneeReconRobotics, Inc.
InventorsCasey R. Carlson, Andrew Drenner, Alex J. Kossett, Ian T. Burt
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Abstract
A robot has an electronic surveillance system embedded within a chassis disposed between two wheels. The wheels include a main body and a plurality of treads. The treads are generally disposed radially around the main body and extend distally from outer portion of the main body. The main body generally defines a plurality of compression cells and may present a substantially frustoconical outer surface.
Claims20
A surveillance robot comprising:
- a pair of axially aligned drive wheels, the wheels having a maximum radius;
- a housing extending between the wheels, the housing having a radius that is less than the maximum radius of the wheels and containing a transmitter, a receiver, a power supply, a drive system including at least one drive motor connecting to the wheels, the wheels rotatable in a forward direction by the at least one drive motor, thereby moving the surveillance robot in a forward direction, and a video camera connected to the transmitter;
- wherein each of the wheels comprise a hub portion with a plurality of elastomeric paddles extending radially outward each of the paddles having a tip that curves circumferentially about the hub portion.
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A surveillance robot comprising:
- a pair of axially aligned drive wheels, each wheel having a maximum radius;
- a housing extending between the wheels, the housing containing a transmitter and receiver, a power supply, a drive system including at least one drive motor connecting to the wheels, and a video camera connected to the transmitter;
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- a rear tail extending from the housing, the tail including a floor engaging end portion;
- wherein each of the wheels have a hub portion with a central shock absorbing projection extending axially outward.
A surveillance robot comprising:
- a pair of axially aligned drive wheels, each wheel having a maximum radius and a plurality of arcuate spikes extending radially outward therefrom, the arcuate spikes having a tip pointing circumferentially each wheel having an inner hub portion from which the plurality of arcuate spikes extend from and a circular hub portion spaced radially from the inner hub portion, wherein pairs of adjacent arcuate spikes and the inner hub portion and the outer circular hub portion form crush zones enhancing protection of the robot;
- a housing extending between the wheels, the housing containing a transmitter and receiver, a power supply, a drive system including at least one drive motor connecting to the wheels, and a video camera connected to the transmitter;
- a rear tail extending from the housing, the tail including a floor engaging end portion.
A tire for a two-wheeled surveillance robot having a housing disposed intermediate a pair of the tires, the tire comprising:
- a hub comprising an inner hub portion and a circular outer hub portion spaced radially from the inner hub portion, the circular outer hub portion having an outer circumferential surface defining a hub radius;
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- a plurality of elastomeric paddles extending from the inner hub portion to the circular outer hub portion and extending from the circular outer hub portion, each of the elastomeric paddles extending radially from the outer circular hub portion a distance equal to at least forty percent of the hub radius, and then the elastomeric paddles bending to extend in a circumferential direction on the tire.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.