Remote control mobile surveillance system

A remote control surveillance vehicle responsive to an operator control center comprising:

• chassis means, said chassis means being sized and shaped to fit within standard doorways and stairways and to provide an optimally low center of gravity for said vehicle;
• propulsion means adapted to provide movement to said vehicle and being mounted on said chassis means and comprising at least two independently controllable motor and track means;
• cover means removably mounted on said chassis means and adapted to support a plurality of payloads;
• payload means adapted to be movable in at least one direction and to have mounted thereon an operative load means, said payload means being removably mounted on said cover means;
• telecommunications means adapted to receive commands from said operator control center and transmit telemetry to said operator control center, said means being operatively connected to said propulsion means and said payload means;
• said cover means being substantially rectangular in shape, having a vehicle front, a vehicle rear and two longitudinal side edges, a centrally located planar portion on which is mounted said payload means and a front planar apron portion extending from said payload at an angle downward to said vehicle front edge;
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• wherein said payload means is adapted to move said operative load forward and below said centrally located planar position, along said planar apron position of said cover means, whereby the center of gravity of said vehicle may be moved lower and forward dynamically during movement of said vehicle up an inclined surface under remote control from said operator control center.

A remote control surveillance vehicle responsive to an operator control center comprising:

• chassis means, said chassis means being sized and shaped to fit within standard doorways and stairways and to provide an optimally low center of gravity for said vehicle;
• propulsion means adapted to provide movement to said vehicle and being mounted on said chassis means and comprising at least two independently controllable motor and track means;
• cover means removably mounted on said chassis means and adapted to support a plurality of payloads;
• payload means adapted to be movable in at least one direction and to have mounted thereon an operative load means, said payload means being removably mounted on said cover means;
• telecommunications means adapted to receive commands from said operator control center and transmit telemetry to said operator control center, said means being operatively connected to said propulsion means and said payload means;
• said payload means comprises pan motor means affixed to said cover means, said motor means including gear means and being rotatably operable;
• turntable means adapted to be rotated by said pan motor means in a substantially horizontal plane;
• tilt motor means, said means including gear means and being rotatably operable;
• screw drive means mounted on said turn table means and being adapted to be driven in a substantially vertical up and down direction by operation of said tilt motor means;
• mounting platform means;
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• bell crank means connected to said screw drive means and said mounting platform means and having a fulcrum means which is adapted to tilt said platform means as said screw drive means is driven up or down.

A remote control surveillance vehicle responsive to an operator control center comprising:

• chassis means, said chassis means being sized and shaped to fit within standard doorways and stairways and to provide an optimally low center of gravity for said vehicle;
• propulsion means adapted to provide movement to said vehicle and being mounted on said chassis means and comprising at least two independently controllable motor and track means;
• cover means removably mounted on said chassis means and adapted to support a plurality of payloads;
• payload means adapted to be movable in at least one direction and to have mounted thereon an operative load means, said payload means being removably mounted on said cover means;
• telecommunications means adapted to receive commands from said operator control center and transmit telemetry to said operator control center, said means being operatively connected to said propulsion means and said payload means;
• said operative load means includes a smear sampler mechanism, said mechanism comprising motor drive means for providing a rotational drive;
• collecting surface means for placement against a contaminated surface;
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• tape means adapted to contain uncontaminated sample means and sample cover means for contamination, to pass said uncontaminated sample means over said collecting surface means, to mate said sample cover means with said contaminated sample means and to collect said mated cover and contaminated sample means.