Modular Vehicle System and Wheel Assembly
Assigneefarm-ng Inc.
InventorsEthan Rublee, Matthew Bitterman
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Abstract
Provided is a wheel assembly including a housing having a top side, an attachment arrangement on the top side of the housing and configured to be removably attached to an external support, a wheel supported by the housing and arranged below the top side of the housing, a motor supported by the housing and configured to move the wheel, a network interface supported by the housing, and a controller in communication with the motor and the network interface, the controller configured to control the motor based on at least one command received via the network interface. A modular vehicle system is also described.
Claims30
A wheel assembly comprising:
- a housing having a top side;
- an attachment arrangement on the top side of the housing and configured to be removably attached to an external support;
- a wheel supported by the housing and arranged below the top side of the housing;
- a motor supported by the housing and configured to move the wheel;
- a network interface supported by the housing;
- and
- a controller in communication with the motor and the network interface, the controller configured to control the motor based on at least one command received via the network interface.
A modular vehicle system comprising:
- a lateral support;
- a first wheel assembly removably attached to the lateral support, the first wheel assembly comprising a first controller;
- a second wheel assembly removably attached to the lateral support, the second wheel assembly comprising a second controller;
- a processor configured to communicate commands to the first controller and the second controller to control the first wheel assembly and the second wheel assembly;
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- a device network establishing communication between the processor, the first controller, and the second controller.
A modular vehicle system comprising at least one processor programmed or configured to:
- determine a configuration of at least one wheel assembly of the modular vehicle;
- generate a kinematic control model based on the configuration of the at least one wheel assembly and dimensions of the modular vehicle;
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- control the modular vehicle based on the kinematic control model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.