A charging station of a robot and a method for charging the robot
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDongkyu CHOI, Eulpyo HONG
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a charging station of a robot and a method for charging the robot. Disclosed is a charging station configured to charge a robot by supplying power to the robot, including: a station body having a space inside and placed on a ground to allow the robot to approach and climb up the station body; a rotating part disposed in the station body and coupled to the station body so as to be rotatable relative thereto; and a charging part coupled to an upper portion of the rotating part configured to rotate together with the rotating part according to a rotation of the rotating part, and provided with a power supply terminal so as to charge the robot.
Claims21
A charging station configured to charge a robot by supplying power to the robot, comprising:
- a station body having a space inside and placed on a ground to allow the robot to approach and climb up the station body;
- a rotating part disposed in the station body and coupled to the station body so as to be rotatable relative thereto;
- and
- a charging part coupled to an upper portion of the rotating part configured to rotate together with the rotating part according to a rotation of the rotating part, and provided with a power supply terminal so as to charge the robot.
A method for charging a robot by a robot system comprising the robot and a charging station configured to charge the robot by supplying power, comprising:
- a climbing step of allowing a wheel of the robot to climb up a rotating part of the charging station;
- a coupling step of allowing a charging terminal of the robot and a power supply terminal of the charging station to be electrically connected to each other so that power is supplied to the robot;
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- a rotating step of allowing the rotating part of the charging station to rotate together with the robot so that a direction in which a front surface of the robot is headed is changed by 180 degrees.
A method for charging a robot by a robot system comprising the robot and a charging station configured to charge the robot by supplying power, comprising:
- an entering step of allowing the robot to move and approach to the charging station and climbing up a station body of the charging station;
- a charging step of allowing a charging terminal provided in the robot and a power supply terminal provided in the charging station to be electrically connected to each other;
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- a leaving step of allowing the robot to leave the charging station,
- wherein the robot comprises:
- a robot body in which a charging terminal is provided;
- and
- a wheel motor connected to a wheel configured to roll on a ground so as to provide a driving force to the wheel,
- wherein the charging station comprises:
- a station body having a space inside and placed on a ground to allow the robot to approach and climb up the station body;
- a charging part disposed in the station body and provided with a power supply terminal;
- and
- a terminal rotating motor configured to rotate the charging part and to change a direction of the power supply terminal, and
- wherein in the entering step, at least one or more motors among the wheel motor and the terminal rotating motor are driven.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.