Working robot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11485029-B2
Application number	US-201816728385-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2017
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a working robot. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the working robot comprises: a body; a plurality of traveling units connected to the body, having supporting members and traveling members rotatably connected to the supporting members, and provided so as to be travelable with respect to the ground; and a plurality of adjusting units connecting the body and the traveling units, and provided to enable the relative positions of the traveling units to the body to be adjusted, wherein the plurality of traveling units are traveled and the plurality of adjusting units are adjusted so as to maintain the horizontal state of the body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A working robot comprising:
a body;
a plurality of traveling units connected to the body, the traveling units having supporting members and traveling members rotatably connected to the supporting members, and provided so as to be travelable with respect to a ground;
a plurality of adjusting units connecting the body and the traveling units, the adjusting units being provided to adjust relative positions of the traveling units to the body;
a sensor configured to detect information about a state of the working robot; and
a controller configured to drive the adjusting units such that a relative position of each of the traveling units with respect to the body is adjusted based on information provided by the sensor,
wherein the plurality of adjusting units are adjusted so as to maintain a horizontal state of the body,
wherein the controller is configured to allow the traveling members to rotate by reflecting a change in relative speed occurring between the plurality of traveling units when the relative position of the traveling units with respect to the body is adjusted, and
wherein the controller is configured to control an operation of the traveling members to compensate for a speed reduction of the traveling units in a direction of a horizontal plane when the relative position of the traveling units with respect to the body is adjusted in a state in which the traveling units are tilted with respect to the horizontal plane.

2. The working robot of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting units independently adjust positions of the plurality of traveling units with respect to the body in up-down, front-rear, and left-right directions, respectively.

3. The working robot of claim 1 , wherein the controller independently controls relative positions of the plurality of traveling units with respect to the body so that a posture of the working robot corresponds to a posture command.

4. The working robot of claim 1 ,
wherein, when rotation occurs about an axis extending in left-right directions of the body, the controller is configured to recover a horizontal state of the body by controlling the adjusting units, which is located on a downwardly tilted side of the body, and
the controller is configured to cause a difference in a traveling speed between the traveling units located on the downwardly tilted side of the body and the traveling units located on the upwardly tilted side of the body.

5. The working robot of claim 1 ,
wherein, when rotation occurs about an axis extending in front-rear directions of the body, the controller is configured to recover a horizontal state of the body by:
controlling the adjusting units such that a relative distance between the adjusting units located on a downwardly tilted side of the body becomes closer, and
controlling the traveling units such that a relative distance between the traveling units located on a downwardly tilted side of the body becomes closer.

6. The working robot of claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving member configured to drive each of the traveling units and each of the adjusting units,
wherein the sensor includes:
a main sensor configured to detect a movement state of the body; and
a driving sensor configured to detect an operating state of the driving member.

7. The working robot of claim 6 , wherein the sensor further includes a tilt sensor configured to detect a tilting angle of each of the traveling units.

8. The working robot of claim 1 , wherein the controller, after recognizing a state of the working robot based on the information provided by the sensor, controls a posture of the working robot by independently controlling relative positions of the plurality of traveling units with respect to the body.

9. The working robot of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to perform posture control through a closed loop inverse kinematics control (CLIK).

10. The working robot of claim 1 , wherein each of the adjusting units includes:
an upper connection member connected to the body to rotate about up-down directions;
an adjusting member configured in a form of an arm having a predetermined length, and having one end rotatably connected to the upper connection member; and
a lower connection member rotatably connected to an opposite end of the adjusting member and having a traveling shaft to which one of the traveling units is connected.

11. The working robot of claim 10 , wherein each of the adjusting units further includes a first driving member having a variable length, and
wherein one end of the first driving member is connected to the adjusting member, and an opposite end of the first driving member is connected to the body.

12. The working robot of claim 10 , wherein the adjusting member includes:
a first adjusting member having a predetermined length; and
a second adjusting member having a predetermined length,
wherein one end of the first adjusting member is rotatably connected to the upper connection member, and an opposite end of the first adjusting member is rotatably connected to the lower connection member, and
wherein one end of the second adjusting member is rotatably connected to the upper connection member, an opposite end of the second adjusting member is rotatably connected to the lower connection member, and the second adjusting member is spaced apart from the first adjusting member by a predetermined distance.

13. The working robot of claim 12 , wherein each of the adjusting units further includes a second driving member having a structure with a variable length, and
wherein one end of the second driving member is connected to the first adjusting member, and an opposite end of the second driving member is connected to the second adjusting member.

Assignees

• Iucf Hyu Erica Campus

Inventors

• Han Chang Soo
• Lee Yong Seok
• Kim Sang Ho
• Sun Dong Ik
• Lee Sang Keun
• Park Jin Sung
• Kim Min Ji

Classifications

• B62D57/028 Primary

  having wheels and mechanical legs (B62D57/024 takes precedence; ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part B60S9/00) · CPC title

• B62D49/08

  having means for preventing overturning or tipping (safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles B60K28/00) · CPC title

• B25J5/007

  mounted on wheels · CPC title

• B25J9/1628

  characterised by the control loop · CPC title

• B25J18/04 Primary

  rotatable · CPC title