Multimodal agile robots

Bewley, Thomas R.; Schmidt-Wetekam, Christopher; Moore, Joseph; DiMatteo, Jerimiah; Ramirez, Mark; Zhang, David; Summers, Sean

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A01 - agriculture
A21 - baking
A22 - butchering
A23 - foods or foodstuffs
A24 - tobacco
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A42 - headwear
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A44 - haberdashery
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Title: Multimodal agile robots

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Examples and implementations of various robotic mechanisms, devices, components, systems and techniques are provided, including multimodal robotic devices and systems. For example, a multimodal robot can be configured to autonomously reconfigure between two or more primary modes of operation. Such robots may be used in a wide range of applications, including reconnaissance, exploration, search and rescue, military, sports, personal assistance, education, and entertainment and toys. Described examples of multimodal robots can be wheeled robots that use two or more drive wheels to perform various motions and operations.

Inventors:: Bewley, Thomas R.; Schmidt-Wetekam, Christopher; Moore, Joseph; DiMatteo, Jerimiah; Ramirez, Mark; Zhang, David; Summers, Sean

Issue Date:: Tue Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2011

Research Org.:: Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1531710

Patent Number(s):: 8083013

Application Number:: 12/001,059

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES
B62D37/00 - Stabilising vehicle bodies without controlling suspension arrangements
B62D61/00 - Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels, not otherwise provided for, e.g. four wheels in diamond pattern
B62D61/06 - with only three wheels
B62D61/12 - with variable number of ground engaging wheels, e.g. with some wheels arranged higher than others, or with retractable wheels

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DOE Contract Number:: LANL IUT 72232-001-03

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2007-12-06

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Bewley, Thomas R., Schmidt-Wetekam, Christopher, Moore, Joseph, DiMatteo, Jerimiah, Ramirez, Mark, Zhang, David, and Summers, Sean. Multimodal agile robots.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Bewley, Thomas R., Schmidt-Wetekam, Christopher, Moore, Joseph, DiMatteo, Jerimiah, Ramirez, Mark, Zhang, David, & Summers, Sean. Multimodal agile robots.  United States.

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                    Bewley, Thomas R., Schmidt-Wetekam, Christopher, Moore, Joseph, DiMatteo, Jerimiah, Ramirez, Mark, Zhang, David, and Summers, Sean. Tue .  
        "Multimodal agile robots".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531710.

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  abstractNote = {Examples and implementations of various robotic mechanisms, devices, components, systems and techniques are provided, including multimodal robotic devices and systems. For example, a multimodal robot can be configured to autonomously reconfigure between two or more primary modes of operation. Such robots may be used in a wide range of applications, including reconnaissance, exploration, search and rescue, military, sports, personal assistance, education, and entertainment and toys. Described examples of multimodal robots can be wheeled robots that use two or more drive wheels to perform various motions and operations.},

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Toy vehicle patent, February 2007

Steerable vertical to horizontal energy transducer for mobile robots patent, October 2001

Toy vehicle with enhanced jumping capability patent, September 2005

Remotely controlled and/or powered mobile robot with cable management arrangement patent, April 1988

Wall-climbing robot patent, September 2004

Dynamic Legged Robot patent-application, June 2007

Hopping robot patent, June 2001

Transformable mobile robot patent, May 2000

Adjustable diameter wheel assembly, and methods and vehicles using same patent-application, January 2004

Device capable of climbing on top of an obstruction patent, April 1998

Vehicle lateral-motion apparatus patent, February 2011

Remotely controlled vehicle with detachably attachable wheels patent, February 2009

Combustion powered linear actuator patent, September 2007

Toy vehicle capable of propelling itself into the air patent, May 2001

Transformable vehicle patent, January 2003

Aerial maneuvering jumping toy patent-application, November 2007

Jumping mechanism patent, January 1994

Highly mobile robots that run and jump patent, July 2007

Wheeled Moving Robot patent-application, September 2008

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods that employ voice input patent, September 2017

Torque limiting clutch for use with robot arm patent, September 2017

Puffer: pop-up flat folding explorer robot patent, October 2018

Self-balancing robot patent, March 2018

Systems and methods for moving pallets via unmanned motorized unit-guided forklifts patent, February 2019

Natural pitch and roll patent, May 2017

Shopping space mapping systems, devices and methods patent, January 2017

Polarized enhanced confidentiality patent, January 2017

Air flow cooling system and self balancing robot incorporating the same patent, May 2018

Vehicle having stabilization system patent, January 2019

RFID and robots for multichannel shopping patent, August 2017

Overriding control of motorize transport unit systems, devices and methods patent, June 2018

Aerial inventory antenna patent, October 2017

Multimodal dynamic robotic systems patent, September 2017

Motor system for vehicle steering and locomotion patent, February 2017

Polarized enhanced confidentiality patent, February 2018

Multimodal dynamic robotic systems patent, February 2018

Outer surface inspecting robot with flipping over flange mechanism patent, January 2016

Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders patent, February 2018

Wheeled jumping robot patent, August 2018

Mobile platform patent, November 2012

Systems and methods for moving pallets via unmanned motorized unit-guided forklifts patent, July 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices, and methods to identify security and safety anomalies patent, January 2018

Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of stacked motorized transport units patent, January 2018

Recharging apparatus and method patent, November 2018

Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods patent, October 2017

Shopping facility track system and method of routing motorized transport units patent, January 2019

Systems, devices and methods for restoring shopping space conditions patent, January 2019

Parallel elastic mechanism for robot-environment force interaction patent, October 2018

Natural pitch and roll patent, October 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers patent, March 2018

Polarized enhanced confidentiality patent, August 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to address ground and weather conditions patent, September 2018

Multimodal dynamic robotic systems patent, April 2015

Systems, devices, and methods for providing passenger transport patent, September 2018

Motor system for vehicle steering and locomotion patent, November 2017

Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit patent, September 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods patent, November 2018

Aerial inventory antenna patent, August 2018

Shopping facility assistance system and method to retrieve in-store abandoned mobile item containers patent, September 2018

Ball-balancing robot and drive assembly therefor patent, January 2019

Polarized enhanced confidentiality in mobile camera applications patent, June 2015

Remote controlled simulated tire amusement device
patent, May 2000

Toy
patent, July 1941

Remote control toy vehicle with driven jumper
patent, April 1997

Programmed Self-Propelled Toy
patent, March 1972

Toy vehicle
patent, February 2007

Steerable vertical to horizontal energy transducer for mobile robots
patent, October 2001

Toy vehicle with enhanced jumping capability
patent, September 2005

Remotely controlled and/or powered mobile robot with cable management arrangement
patent, April 1988

Wall-climbing robot
patent, September 2004

Dynamic Legged Robot
patent-application, June 2007

Hopping robot
patent, June 2001

Transformable mobile robot
patent, May 2000

Adjustable diameter wheel assembly, and methods and vehicles using same
patent-application, January 2004

Device capable of climbing on top of an obstruction
patent, April 1998

Vehicle lateral-motion apparatus
patent, February 2011

Remotely controlled vehicle with detachably attachable wheels
patent, February 2009

Combustion powered linear actuator
patent, September 2007

Toy vehicle capable of propelling itself into the air
patent, May 2001

Transformable vehicle
patent, January 2003

Aerial maneuvering jumping toy
patent-application, November 2007

Jumping mechanism
patent, January 1994

Highly mobile robots that run and jump
patent, July 2007

Wheeled Moving Robot
patent-application, September 2008

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods that employ voice input
patent, September 2017

Torque limiting clutch for use with robot arm
patent, September 2017

Puffer: pop-up flat folding explorer robot
patent, October 2018

Self-balancing robot
patent, March 2018

Systems and methods for moving pallets via unmanned motorized unit-guided forklifts
patent, February 2019

Natural pitch and roll
patent, May 2017

Shopping space mapping systems, devices and methods
patent, January 2017

Polarized enhanced confidentiality
patent, January 2017

Air flow cooling system and self balancing robot incorporating the same
patent, May 2018

Vehicle having stabilization system
patent, January 2019

RFID and robots for multichannel shopping
patent, August 2017

Overriding control of motorize transport unit systems, devices and methods
patent, June 2018

Aerial inventory antenna
patent, October 2017

Multimodal dynamic robotic systems
patent, September 2017

Motor system for vehicle steering and locomotion
patent, February 2017

Polarized enhanced confidentiality
patent, February 2018

Multimodal dynamic robotic systems
patent, February 2018

Outer surface inspecting robot with flipping over flange mechanism
patent, January 2016

Systems, devices and methods of controlling motorized transport units in fulfilling product orders
patent, February 2018

Wheeled jumping robot
patent, August 2018

Mobile platform
patent, November 2012

Systems and methods for moving pallets via unmanned motorized unit-guided forklifts
patent, July 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices, and methods to identify security and safety anomalies
patent, January 2018

Method and apparatus for transporting a plurality of stacked motorized transport units
patent, January 2018

Recharging apparatus and method
patent, November 2018

Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods
patent, October 2017

Shopping facility track system and method of routing motorized transport units
patent, January 2019

Systems, devices and methods for restoring shopping space conditions
patent, January 2019

Parallel elastic mechanism for robot-environment force interaction
patent, October 2018

Natural pitch and roll
patent, October 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to drive movable item containers
patent, March 2018

Polarized enhanced confidentiality
patent, August 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to address ground and weather conditions
patent, September 2018

Multimodal dynamic robotic systems
patent, April 2015

Systems, devices, and methods for providing passenger transport
patent, September 2018

Motor system for vehicle steering and locomotion
patent, November 2017

Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit
patent, September 2018

Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
patent, November 2018

Aerial inventory antenna
patent, August 2018

Shopping facility assistance system and method to retrieve in-store abandoned mobile item containers
patent, September 2018

Ball-balancing robot and drive assembly therefor
patent, January 2019

Polarized enhanced confidentiality in mobile camera applications
patent, June 2015