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US 7,397,214 B2Granted
Wheeled moving robot
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsHideaki Hashimoto, Takafumi Sonoura
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Abstract
A wheeled moving robot including a main body; wheels provided at least at opposite sides of the main body and configured to move the main body; an actuator configured to generate torque which rotates the wheels; a detector configured to detect whether the main body moves when the wheels rotates by the actuator; and a compensation unit configured to perform an auxiliary movement which pushes an auxiliary wheel in front or rear of the main body toward a floor based as a detection result of the detector.
Claims3
A wheeled moving robot comprising:
- a main body;
- wheels provided at least at opposite sides of the main body and configured to move the main body;
- an actuator configured to generate torque which rotates the wheels;
- a detector configured to detect whether the main body moves when the wheels rotates by the actuator;
- a compensation unit configured to perform an auxiliary movement which pushes an auxiliary wheel in front or rear of the main body towards a floor based as a detection result of the detector, and
- a controller configured to control the torque of the actuator and the auxiliary movement of the compensation unit according to the detection result of the detector,
- wherein
- the detector is configured to detect whether the main body moves based on a detection of rotation or a rotational speed of the wheels,
- the controller is configured to increase the torque of the actuator until the detector detects a movement of the main body, and
- the controller is configured to perform the auxiliary movement of the compensation unit, when the controller increases the torque of the actuator to a maximum and the detector fails to detect a movement of the main body.
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