Driving component, robot and robot system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9682479-B2
Application number	US-201514836304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2015
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A driving component for robot can include a communicating module configured to receive control signals, a motor, a controller coupled to the communicating module and configured to drive the motor according to the control signals received by the communicating module, a sensor configured to detect environment and providing detected results to the controller, a battery configured to provide electric power to the communicating module, the motor, the controller and the sensor, and a housing containing the communicating module, the motor, the controller, the sensor and the battery. The housing can include a coupling structure configured to couple to another driving component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A robot comprising:
a plurality of driving components coupled together, each of the plurality of driving components comprising:
a communicating module configured to receive control signals;
a motor;
a controller coupled to the communicating module and configured to control the motor to drive according to the control signals received by the communicating module;
a sensor configured to detect environment characteristics and provide detected results to the controller;
a battery configured to provide electric power to the communicating module, the motor, the controller and the sensor;
a housing comprising a plurality of surfaces, the housing containing the communicating module, the motor, the controller, the sensor and the battery therein; and
at least one driving rod, each at least one driving rod extending through one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing; and
a coupling rod having at least two ends, the driving rod of one driving component being coupled to a middle portion of the coupling rod, and each of the at least two ends of the coupling rod being coupled to a corresponding driving rod of another driving component, thereby coupling at least two driving components to one surface of one driving component.

2. A robot system comprising:
a plurality of driving components coupled together, and a control device configured to control each of the driving components, each of the plurality of driving components comprising:
a communicating module configured to receive control signals from the control device;
a motor;
a controller coupled to the communicating module and configured to control the motor to drive according to the control signals received by the communicating module;
a sensor configured to detect environment characteristics and provide detected results to the controller;
a battery configured to provide electric power to the communicating module, the motor, the controller and the sensor;
a housing comprising a plurality of surfaces, the housing containing the communicating module, the motor, the controller, the sensor and the battery therein; and
at least one driving rod, each at least one driving rod extending through one of the plurality of surfaces of the housing; and
a coupling rod having at least two ends, the driving rod of one driving component being coupled to a middle portion of the coupling rod, and each of the at least two ends of the coupling rod being coupled to a corresponding driving rod of another driving component, thereby coupling at least two driving components to one surface of one driving component.

3. The robot system of claim 2 , wherein the control device is a remote control, a smart phone, a smart tablet, a smart wearable device or other remote control devices.

4. The robot system of claim 2 , wherein the communicating module comprises one or more kinds of wireless communicating devices coupled to the control device.

5. The robot system of claim 4 , wherein the communicating module is a radio frequency device, a WiFi device, bluetooth device, Zigbee device, a 3G device or a 4G device used to be connected to internet.

Assignees

• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Yi-Cheng
• Chang Jen-Tsorng

Classifications

• B25J9/1676 Primary

  Avoiding collision or forbidden zones · CPC title

• B25J9/08 Primary

  characterised by modular constructions · CPC title