Two-wheeled self-balancing robot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11027416-B2
Application number	US-201716622209-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Aug 4, 2017
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a two-wheeled self-balancing robot which solves the technical problems in the prior art that the robot can only travel on a flat ground and its driving environments are limited by making improvements in its mechanical structure. The two-wheeled self-balancing robot comprises a vehicle body with wheels mounted on both sides thereof. The vehicle body comprises a parallelogram frame which can deform tiltedly. The vehicle body is provided with a stage, and the stage is hinged with the parallelogram frame. The parallelogram frame is provided with a first motor. The first motor drives the parallelogram frame to deform tiltedly according to road conditions so as to always keep the stage horizontal. The two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to the present disclosure can adapt to complicated road conditions, and its stage always keeps horizontal such that the object carried is not prone to fall off.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A two-wheeled self-balancing robot, comprising a vehicle body with wheels mounted on both sides thereof, wherein:
the vehicle body comprises a parallelogram frame for enabling the vehicle body to deform tiltedly;
the vehicle body is provided with a stage, and the stage is hinged with the parallelogram frame;
the parallelogram frame is provided with a first motor, and the first motor drives the parallelogram frame to deform tiltedly according to road conditions so as to always keep the stage horizontal;
a flywheel is provided in the parallelogram frame, the flywheel is located in a central perpendicular plane which is perpendicular to a connection line of centers of two wheels at a center of the connection line, and rotation of the flywheel keeps the vehicle body in a standing state due to gyroscopic effect; and
a lower portion of the middle plate is provided with a flywheel support plate which is parallel to the middle plate; two sides of the flywheel support plate are respectively hinged to the side plates; the flywheel support plate is provided with a flywheel seat at a middle position of the flywheel support plate, the flywheel is mounted in the flywheel seat, and a second motor is mounted below or above the flywheel seat to drive the flywheel to rotate.

2. The two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 1 , wherein an angle sensor or a gyroscope is provided on the stage to detect an angle of the stage relative to a horizontal plane, and when the robot is on an uneven road, the first motor drives the parallelogram frame to deform tiltedly according to angle values detected by the angle sensor or the gyroscope so as to always keep the stage horizontal.

3. A two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 1 , wherein the parallelogram frame comprises an upper plate and a middle plate arranged in parallel, and a left side plate and a right side plates on both sides;
the upper plate and the middle plate are hinged with the left side plate and the right side plate respectively; and
a left wheel is mounted at a lower end of the left side plate, and a right wheel is mounted at a lower end of the right side plate.

4. The two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 1 , wherein the flywheel is provided with a central shaft, a rotating shaft of the second motor is coupled to the central shaft of the flywheel, and the flywheel seat is provided with upper and lower bearings to support and fix the central shaft of the flywheel.

5. A two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 3 , wherein the stage is T-shaped and comprises a horizontal support platform and a leg perpendicular to the support platform, a middle portion of the leg is hinged to the upper plate, and a lower end of the leg is hinged to the middle plate.

6. A two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 5 , wherein the first motor is mounted on the middle plate, a rotating shaft of the first motor is coupled to a hinged shaft of the middle plate and the leg, the hinged shaft and the leg are fixedly connected, and the leg of the stage always keeps a vertical state.

7. The two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 5 , wherein a middle portion of the upper plate is provided with a through hole, the leg of the stage passes through the through hole, and the leg of the stage and the upper plate are hinged at the through hole.

8. The two-wheeled self-balancing robot according to claim 1 , wherein hinges or hinged shafts are provided at positions where the upper plate, the middle plate and the side plates are hinged and where the flywheel support plate and the side plate are hinged, such that the upper plate, the middle plate and the flywheel support plate are rotatable relative to the side plates.

Assignees

• Goertek Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Xuehui

Classifications

• B62D37/06 Primary

  using gyroscopes · CPC title

• B25J9/0009

  Constructional details, e.g. manipulator supports, bases · CPC title

• B25J5/007 Primary

  mounted on wheels · CPC title

• B62D33/0207 Primary

  Connections of movable or detachable racks or stanchions to platforms · CPC title

• B25J19/0008

  Balancing devices · CPC title