# US 7,743,858 B2 · Unmanned robot vehicle with mobility enhancing arm > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,743,858 B2 - Document ID: US7743858B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/984,473 - Filed: 2007-11-19 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2007-02-07 - Assignees: Elbit Systems Ltd.; Galileo Mobility Instruments Ltd. - Inventors: Avishay Novoplanski; Stefan Hodis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7743858B2 ## CPC - B25J 5/005: {mounted on endless tracks or belts} - B25J 11/0025: {handling explosives, bombs or hazardous objects} - B62D 55/075: Tracked vehicles for ascending or descending stairs, {steep slopes or vertical surfaces}(magnetic or pneumatic ground-engaging parts B62D55/265; chairs or multi-track cycles specially adapted for invalids A61G5/00) - Y10T 74/20305: Robotic arm - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A vehicle (for example an unmanned robot vehicle) which includes a main body provided with a main locomotion mechanism for traveling over a terrain. The device is provided with at least one arm for enhanced support and maneuverability, the arm pivotally attached to the main body. The arm is controllable and capable of being rotated to a position where the arm or at least a substantial portion of the arm is placed in contact with the terrain or obstacle, so as to provide support or leverage to the main body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle device comprising: a main body provided with a main locomotion mechanism for traveling over a terrain or obstacle, at least one motor-powered arm pivotally attached to an end portion of the main body, said arm controllable, rotatable and lockable in at least one of a number of angles, so that in one of said at least one of a number of angles the arm form a rigid, continuous support for the main body, the arm being aligned with a surface of the terrain on which the main body is supported when the vehicle device travels over the terrain, wherein the arm is attached to the main body of the vehicle at a location on a bottom portion of the main body. ### Claim 2 A vehicle device comprising: a main body provided with a main locomotion mechanism for traveling over a terrain or obstacle, at least one motor-powered arm pivotally attached to an end portion of the main body, said arm controllable, rotatable and lockable in at least one of a number of angles, so that in one of said at least one of a number of angles the arm form a rigid, continuous support for the main body, the arm being aligned with a surface of the terrain on which the main body is supported when the vehicle device travels over the terrain, wherein the arm is curved. ### Claim 3 A vehicle device comprising: a main body provided with a main locomotion mechanism for traveling over a terrain or obstacle, at least one motor-powered arm pivotally attached to an end portion of the main body, said arm controllable, rotatable and lockable in at least one of a number of angles, so that in one of said at least one of a number of angles the arm form a rigid, continuous support for the main body, the arm being aligned with a surface of the terrain on which the main body is supported when the vehicle device travels over the terrain, wherein the length of the arm is at least substantially equal to the length of the main body.