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Title: Tandem mobile robot system

Abstract

A robotic vehicle system for terrain navigation mobility provides a way to climb stairs, cross crevices, and navigate across difficult terrain by coupling two or more mobile robots with a coupling device and controlling the robots cooperatively in tandem.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Albuquerque, NM
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
875067
Patent Number(s):
6523629
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B60 - VEHICLES IN GENERAL B60D - VEHICLE CONNECTIONS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B62 - LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
tandem; mobile; robot; robotic; vehicle; terrain; navigation; mobility; provides; climb; stairs; crevices; navigate; difficult; coupling; robots; device; controlling; cooperatively; robotic vehicle; mobile robot; /180/280/901/

Citation Formats

Buttz, James H, Shirey, David L, and Hayward, David R. Tandem mobile robot system. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Buttz, James H, Shirey, David L, & Hayward, David R. Tandem mobile robot system. United States.
Buttz, James H, Shirey, David L, and Hayward, David R. Wed . "Tandem mobile robot system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/875067.
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Works referenced in this record:

Robotic all-terrain lunar exploration rover (RATLER) FY93 program status report
report, October 1994