MOBILE ROBOT

To solve a problem that a conventional mobile robot lacks in flexibility, has low stability, and has poor impact resistance, and therefore it was not easy to move on an uneven place.SOLUTION: A mobile robot includes: a body which has a flexible part having a hollow part where one or more variable ar...

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Main Author AONO SHINJI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 17.10.2019
Subjects
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
HAND TOOLS
MANIPULATORS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:To solve a problem that a conventional mobile robot lacks in flexibility, has low stability, and has poor impact resistance, and therefore it was not easy to move on an uneven place.SOLUTION: A mobile robot includes: a body which has a flexible part having a hollow part where one or more variable areas as at least a part of its surface deform in response to a change in a pressure of its inside; a pressurizing/depressurizing part which pressurizes or depressurizes the inside of the hollow part; a state detection part which detects a state relating to deformation of the one or more variable areas and acquires state information; and a control part which moves the body by using the state information and deforming the one or more variable areas respectively through the pressurizing/depressurizing part. This mobile robot can realize a robot which is flexible, highly stable, excellent in impact resistance, and as a result, can easily move even on an uneven place.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】従来の移動ロボットは、柔軟性に欠け、安定性が低く、耐衝撃性にも乏しいため、平坦でない場所を移動することは容易でなかった。【解決手段】その内部の圧力の変化に応じて、その表面の少なくとも一部である１以上の可変領域が変形する中空部を含む柔軟部を有する胴体と、中空部の内部を加圧または減圧する加減圧部と、１以上の可変領域の変形に関する状態を検知し、状態情報を取得する状態検知部と、状態情報を用いて、加減圧部を介して１以上の各可変領域を変形させることにより、胴体を移動させる制御部とを具備する移動ロボットにより、柔軟で、安定性が高く、耐衝撃性にも優れ、その結果として、平坦でない場所でも容易に移動できるロボットが実現される。【選択図】図１
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20180069772