41results about "Convertible vehicles" patented technology

The invention discloses a triphibian robot based on a multiplex driving mechanism, and belongs to the technical field of robots. The robot comprises a main body, four connecting assemblies and four propelling units, the four connecting assemblies are evenly distributed on the side wall of the main body, one end of each connecting assembly is connected with the main body, the other end of each connecting assembly is connected with one propelling unit, and the propelling units can rotate by 360 degrees around the connecting assemblies connected with the propelling units; the main body is used for controlling the triphibian robot to be switched among three movement modes of air, water and water bottom and driving the triphibian robot to move; the propelling unit comprises a central motor with double output shafts, an air propelling assembly and an underwater and underwater dual-purpose propelling assembly, and the central motor drives the air propelling assembly and the underwater and underwater dual-purpose propelling assembly to rotate through the double output shafts so as to achieve movement of the triphibian robot. The method is suitable for various working environments and has wide application value.

A craft is provided with a lever that can control the power / speed of the craft and semi-automatically transition the craft in various modes of operation. This makes control of the craft somewhat similar to control of a boat, thereby bringing a maritime flight control experience to a wing-in-ground effect vehicles, hydrofoiling vessels, seagliders, and seaplanes. Further, various audio, visual, and / or haptic devices in the cockpit can provide alerts / feedback to the operator on the use of the lever and mode transitions.

The invention discloses an operation type water-air cross-domain rope-driven bionic robot and a using method thereof. The robot comprises an aircraft body, a rotor wing arm installed on the aircraft body, an underwater propelling structure and a mechanical arm assembly installed at the bottom of the aircraft body. The rotorcraft arm comprises a rotating device and a rotor assembly, and the rotating device is used for driving the rotor assembly to rotate; the mechanical arm assembly comprises a driving device, a mechanical arm, a driving rope and a mechanical claw installed at the tail end of the mechanical arm, and the driving device is installed at the bottom of the aircraft body and used for driving the tensioning degree of the driving rope; the mechanical arm comprises a plurality of joint sections, and the overall shape of the mechanical arm is changed by adjusting the tensioning degree of the driving rope. According to the mechanical arm, the design of the multiple joint sections is adopted, a flexible bendable structure is formed, the mechanical arm is controlled to be bent and deformed on multiple degrees of freedom through the driving rope, the overall bending flexibility of the mechanical arm is improved, and the mechanical arm can adapt to the complex or narrow working environment.

The water-land-air triphibian variable-configuration robot comprises a robot body, a deformation wheel, a rotating wheel and a clamping jaw mechanism, and the robot body comprises a middle connecting pipe, a clamping jaw seat and two robot body deformation assemblies; the clamping jaw seat is rotatably arranged on the middle connecting pipe, and the clamping jaw mechanism is arranged on the clamping jaw seat; the two aircraft body deformation assemblies are arranged on the middle connecting pipe and connected with the deformation wheels and the rotating wheels correspondingly so that the deformation wheels and the rotating wheels can rotate around the middle connecting pipe, and then the whole aircraft can be switched among a flight mode, a ground mode and a water surface mode. And the deformation wheels are provided with paddle legs which can be embedded or opened, so that the whole machine is deformed between a wheel type state and a wheel paddle leg state. According to the invention, triphibian multi-mode movement can be realized, and a flexible operation tail end is provided.

The variable-configuration multi-purpose robot comprises a robot body and the wheel-claw-paddle composite mechanism, the robot body comprises a robot body, an upper cover plate and two side plates, the upper cover plate is fixed to the robot body, and the two side plates are rotatably arranged on the two sides of the cover plate through two hinges correspondingly; the hinge is a rotary damping adjustable hinge; the wheel-claw-paddle composite mechanism is allowed to be switched between a wheel-claw-paddle state and a wheel-type state, the wheel-claw-paddle composite mechanism is arranged on the side plate so that the side plate can rotate and be locked relative to the upper cover plate within a set angle range, and then the whole machine can be switched among a flight mode, a ground mode and a water surface mode. The device can adapt to water, land and air triphibian environments at the same time and is integrated with light-weight design.

The present invention discloses a large-load multi-rotor water-air dual-power cross-medium UAV, comprising a UAV frame, on which arms are arranged in an "X" configuration and symmetrically arranged at 90 degrees, and a water-air power system is coaxially installed at the end of the arm, wherein the air power system is installed on the upper surface of the arm, and the underwater power system is kept on the same axis as the air power and installed on the lower surface of the arm. A fully enclosed waterproof compartment is installed at the center position above the frame; a water depth sensor and a range-finding sonar for measuring depth are installed on one side below the fully enclosed waterproof compartment, an external barometer is installed on the other side below the waterproof compartment, and a fully enclosed payload compartment is installed directly below the frame. Under the premise of carrying a load of no less than 10kg, the present invention assists the UAV in completing aerial fixed-altitude movement through an external barometer; through the water-air coaxial distribution of the water-air power system and the foldable arm, the UAV can achieve free navigation in the air, water-air cross-medium movement, free navigation underwater, and underwater fixed-point operation.

The present application relates to a kind of polar multi-habitat robots across water and land ice and snow, by composite drive mechanism, segmented fuselage, composite support mechanism, electronic cabin, solar panel five big parts composition.The energy utilization efficiency of the robot, obstacle avoidance ability, steering and autonomy are greatly improved compared with general multi-habitat robot.Polar multi-habitat robot has the ability to pass through ice, snow, water and land these four media and medium transition area.Polar multi-habitat robot has four basic movement modes, so that the robot has the ability to operate in polar region.In polar region extreme climate conditions, replace human to carry out scientific research, rescue and other tasks.

A motor vehicle hub station configured to function as a terminal for an air motor vehicle, a ground motor vehicle, or a water motor vehicle, the motor vehicle hub station including a plurality of levels by a combination of a water surface level connected to a water surface and having an entrance for a water motor vehicle, a port level having a takeoff and landing field for an air motor vehicle, or a ground level configured to be connected to a ground and having an entrance for a ground motor vehicle, wherein a lift passage having an internal space extending in an up-down direction of the motor vehicle hub station is provided between the levels, the internal space is connected to each of the water surface level, the port level, and the ground level, and the air motor vehicle, the ground motor vehicle, or the water motor vehicle is lifted or lowered through the internal space.

Disclosed in the present application is a triphibious reconfigurable robot, which comprises a reconfigurable mechanism, a configuration driving mechanism, and paddle wheels. The reconfigurable mechanism comprises eight links that are sequentially connected end to end to form a closed-loop structure. The configuration driving mechanism comprises four first driving elements, two of which are respectively connected to first rotating shafts, and the other two of which are respectively connected to second rotating shafts. Each first rotating shaft is connected to a paddle wheel. The triphibious reconfigurable robot has a first motion mode, a second motion mode, and a third motion mode. The configuration driving mechanism is capable of driving the reconfigurable mechanism to change configurations, such that the reconfigurable mechanism is switched to different postures and enables the robot to switch between different motion modes. The robot achieves mode switching by reconfiguration of the reconfigurable mechanism, thereby adapting to motion requirements in aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial environments.

The invention is a multifunction scooter (1) comprising a frame (10), a front wheel (20) and two rear wheels (30) rotating on axles (21, 32) which are parallel to each other and mounted on said frame (10); a platform (40), handlebars (50) connected to said at least one front wheel (20), an electric motor (60) with corresponding power supply means mounted on said frame (10), a propeller (80) mounted on said frame (10) and coupling means suited to selectively couple said at least one motor (60) with said at least one rear wheel (30) or with said at least one propeller (80).

This invention relates to an amphibious, land, and air-based transformable robot with a rotatable gripper, comprising a body, transforming wheels, a rotating wheel, and a gripper mechanism. The body includes a central connecting tube, a gripper base, and two transforming body components. The gripper base is rotatably mounted on the central connecting tube, and the gripper mechanism is mounted on the gripper base. Both transforming body components are mounted on the central connecting tube and connected to the transforming wheel and the rotating wheel respectively, allowing the transforming wheel and the rotating wheel to rotate around the central connecting tube, thereby enabling the robot to switch configurations between flight mode, land mode, and water mode. The transforming wheel is equipped with insertable or extendable propeller legs, allowing the robot to transform between a wheeled state and a wheel-propeller-leg state. This invention enables amphibious multimodal movement and features a flexible end effector.

The invention relates to the technical field of engines, in particular to a magnetofluid-water ramjet mixed cross-medium engine which comprises a mounting protective cover, a magnetofluid power generation propelling system, a conveying spray pipe, a water ramjet engine system, a first adjusting nozzle and a first motor. The conveying spray pipe and the water ramjet engine system are arranged in the installation protective cover, and the water ramjet engine system is connected to the upper end of the conveying spray pipe. Metal fuel powder arranged in the water ramjet engine system can be timely and sufficiently supplemented, so that the water ramjet engine system can stably run, the fuel powder in the water ramjet engine system can be fully contacted and reacted with clear water in the running process, the contact mixing reaction efficiency is high, and the service life of the water ramjet engine system is prolonged. The aircraft is simple in structure, rapid and thorough in response, capable of providing sufficient power in water and capable of assisting in providing power when flying in the air, so that the aircraft flies stably and has a longer flight stroke.

The invention discloses a multi-mode caterpillar track unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft capable of spraying pesticide and transporting, and relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the multi-mode caterpillar track unmanned aerial vehicle aircraft comprises a caterpillar track-rotor wing integrated mechanism, folding self-locking mechanisms, a pesticide spraying-propelling mechanism and a fuselage structure, and the two folding self-locking mechanisms are symmetrically arranged on the fuselage structure; each folding self-locking mechanism is provided with a crawler-rotor integrated mechanism, each crawler-rotor integrated mechanism is provided with a pesticide spraying-propelling mechanism, and the folding self-locking mechanisms are used for adjusting the angles of the crawler-rotor integrated mechanisms. By optimizing the structural design, compact integration of the crawler belt-rotor wing integrated mechanism, the folding self-locking mechanism and the pesticide spraying-propelling mechanism is achieved, the multi-mode functions of air flight, ground running and water surface movement are achieved, and it is ensured that the unmanned aerial vehicle works efficiently in various environments.

A measurement vehicle includes a geophysical sensor. One or more operational sensors are configured to detect operational data related to operation of the measurement vehicle. A driving system is configured to move the measurement vehicle in a travel direction relative to a measurement point. A controller is configured to receive information from the geophysical sensor and the operational sensors, and to control the driving system based on the information.

The invention relates to the technical field of agriculture, in particular to a fruit picking bionic robot suitable for complex terrains. The robot comprises a bottom plate, a visual mechanism, a shearing mechanism, a collecting mechanism, a walking mechanism and a flying mechanism, the visual mechanism recognizes fruits, the shearing mechanism accurately shears the fruits, and the collecting bin receives the fruits; the walking mechanism drives thighs and shanks through double steering engines to achieve stable walking, the flying mechanism flies through propellers on the walking shanks, and the moving direction can be controlled by adjusting the rotating speed of a motor. The robot gives consideration to walking and flying modes, can adapt to complex terrains such as mountainous regions and hills, efficiently completes picking of small-particle berries such as blueberries and mulberries, reduces labor intensity and cost, and promotes intelligent development of the industry.

The invention discloses a search, rescue, monitoring and sightseeing integrated method and system for a water-land-air three-purpose automobile and the automobile, and belongs to the technical field of special vehicles. The automobile comprises an automobile body, a power system, a water-land-air mode switching mechanism, a search and rescue system, an environment monitoring system, a sightseeing system and a control system. The vehicle body is of a sealed buoyancy structure and is provided with telescopic flying wings, foldable wheels and propellers, and rapid switching of three modes of water, land and air is achieved. The system comprises a plurality of subsystems which cooperatively realize search and rescue, monitoring and sightseeing functions; according to the method, multi-scene operation is completed through four steps of mode selection, function starting, collaborative operation and operation ending. Three core functions of water search and rescue, environment monitoring and sightseeing tour are integrated, the limitation of single function of a traditional vehicle is broken through, mode switching is convenient, function collaboration is high, the equipment investment cost is reduced, the system is suitable for multiple scenes such as emergency rescue, environment management and control and sightseeing tour, and practicability and adaptability are outstanding.

The invention discloses a triphibian boat capable of stably moving on a road surface, and relates to the technical field of triphibian boats, the triphibian boat comprises a boat body, a mounting seat and a mounting groove, the bottom end of the boat body is provided with multiple groups of mounting bins, the multiple groups of mounting bins are dispersedly arranged, and supporting seats are movably mounted in the multiple groups of mounting bins; limiting shafts are movably installed in the multiple sets of supporting bases, and rolling wheels are installed on the outer walls of the multiple sets of limiting shafts. According to the triphibian boat, the supporting bases and the rolling wheels are arranged, before the triphibian boat lands to the ground, the multiple sets of rolling wheels and the multiple sets of supporting bases are moved out of the multiple sets of mounting bins correspondingly, the multiple sets of rolling wheels and the multiple sets of supporting bases are dispersedly arranged at the bottom end of the boat body, and after the boat body lands to the ground, the multiple sets of rolling wheels and the multiple sets of supporting bases are matched to support the boat body; and supporting points are dispersed, so that slipping or rollover on an uneven road surface is not easily caused.

A craft (100) includes a battery system (400) comprising a plurality of sets of batteries (902, 912, 922, 932). Each set of batteries is configured to provide power to a respective set of propeller motors (904, 914, 924, 934) from a plurality of propeller motors, where each respective set of propeller motors comprises (a) one or more port-side-propeller motors and (b) one or more starboard-side-propeller motors. For each respective set of propeller motors, the one or more starboard-side propellers associated with the one or more of the starboard-side-propeller motors comprise a different number of propellers than the one or more port-side propellers associated with the one or more of the port-side-propeller motors.

The propulsion unit including a casing having an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, at least one tire disposed within the casing within a duct defined by the inner curved surface and the outer curved surface, a first propeller and a second propeller having a plurality of blades extending from within the casing toward a center axis of the casing, and one or more motors housed within the casing, the one or motor being configured to operate the at least one tire, the first propeller, and the second propeller independently of one another. There is also provided a vehicle with one or more propulsion units of the present disclosure.

The application discloses a water-entry load-reducing structure and an attitude adjusting method of a navigation body, relates to the technical field of water-entry load-reducing structures of navigation bodies, and solves the problems of poor underwater navigation stability of a conical-head navigation body, tail slapping of the navigation body, and even overturning of the navigation body. The multi-cone combined head is arranged at the top end of a column body; the multi-cone combined head comprises a central conical head and a plurality of circumferential conical heads which are uniformly distributed around the central conical head; a plurality of through holes are arranged in the column body; the top of the through hole is arranged between the central conical head and the plurality of circumferential conical heads and is uniformly arranged around the central conical head, and the bottom of the through hole is arranged on the side of the column body; and a control device arranged in the column body controls the opening and closing of the through hole. The through hole arranged in the column body can relieve the slamming effect of the head of the navigation body on water and expel water flow in the water-entry stage, so that the load-reducing purpose is achieved; and the opening and closing of the through hole is controlled underwater, so that the attitude of the navigation body is adjusted.

The invention discloses a sea-land-air integrated multi-habitat machine and a posture switching control method, and relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, the sea-land-air integrated multi-habitat machine comprises a body, a first driving module, an arm module and a leg module; the first driving module comprises a plurality of first driving parts, the arm module comprises a short arm assembly, a long arm assembly and a first propeller, and the leg module comprises a short leg assembly, a long leg assembly and a second propeller. According to the sea-land-air integrated multi-purpose machine, the short arm assembly rotates in the first rotating direction relative to the body, and the long arm assembly rotates in the second rotating direction relative to the short arm assembly, so that the attitude angle of the first propeller adjusts the rotating angle relative to the body; as the short leg assembly rotates relative to the body in a third turning direction, the long leg assembly rotates relative to the short leg assembly in a fourth turning direction, and rotating shafts of the fourth turning direction and the third turning direction form a dynamic included angle, the attitude angle of the second propeller can adjust the turning angle relative to the body; and then the motion posture of the body is switched through posture angle adjustment and cooperation of the first propeller and the second propeller.

The invention discloses a search, rescue, monitoring and sightseeing integrated method and system for a water-land-air three-purpose motorcycle and the motorcycle, and belongs to the technical field of special vehicles. The motorcycle comprises a motorcycle body, a power system, a scene switching mechanism, a function integration module and a control system. A foldable floating body is arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body, telescopic rotors are arranged on the two sides of the vehicle body, and a switchable propelling device is arranged at the tail. The power system adopts a hybrid design to adapt to power requirements of different scenes; the scene switching mechanism realizes quick switching of three scenes of water, land and air; the function integration module integrates three core functions of search and rescue, environment monitoring and sightseeing. And the control system realizes whole-process cooperative control. The system comprises the motorcycle, a terminal control device and a cloud server, and realizes data interaction and remote scheduling. According to the method, a multi-scene task is completed through five steps of scene selection, switching, function starting, real-time regulation and control and task ending. The problems that an existing device is single in function and inconvenient in scene switching are solved, integration of multiple functions of the single device is achieved, scene adaptability and task efficiency are improved, and the device is suitable for water search and rescue, environment monitoring and sightseeing tourism scenes.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also known as UAVs or Drones, either autonomous or remotely piloted, are classified as drones by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as weighing under 212 pounds. The system described herein details Autonomous Flight Vehicles (AFV) which weigh over 212 pounds but less than 1,320 pounds which may require either a new classification or a classification such as Sport Light Aircraft, but without the requirement of a pilot due to the safe autonomous flight system such as the Safe Temporal Vector Integration Engine or STeVIE. Safe Autonomous Light Aircraft (SALA) are useful as drone carriers, large scale air package or cargo transport, and even human transport depending on the total lift capability of the platform.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also known as UAVs or Drones, either autonomous or remotely piloted, are classified as drones by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as weighing under 212 pounds. The system described herein details Autonomous Flight Vehicles (AFV) which weigh over 212 pounds but less than 1,320 pounds which may require either a new classification or a classification such as Sport Light Aircraft, but without the requirement of a pilot due to the safe autonomous flight system such as the Safe Temporal Vector Integration Engine or STeVIE. Safe Autonomous Light Aircraft (SALA) are useful as drone carriers, large scale air package or cargo transport, and even human transport depending on the total lift capability of the platform.

The propulsion unit including a casing having an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, at least one tire disposed within the casing within a duct defined by the inner curved surface and the outer curved surface, a first propeller and a second propeller having a plurality of blades extending from within the casing toward a center axis of the casing, and one or more motors housed within the casing, the one or motor being configured to operate the at least one tire, the first propeller, and the second propeller independently of one another. There is also provided a vehicle with one or more propulsion units of the present disclosure.

The present application relates to a kind of sea-air multiplexing propeller, including driving mechanism, air propeller mechanism and water propeller mechanism, the driving mechanism includes mobile motor component and center shaft component;The air propeller mechanism and water propeller mechanism are located at the two ends of center shaft component respectively, first conducting part is equipped on the air propeller mechanism, second conducting part is equipped on the water propeller mechanism, the upper end of mobile motor component is equipped with the first connecting component matched with first conducting part, the lower end of mobile motor component is equipped with the second connecting component matched with second conducting part, mobile motor component is set on center shaft component, mobile motor component moves up and down along center shaft component, so that first conducting part drives and connects first connecting component, or second conducting part drives and connects second connecting component.Compared with prior art, the present application has the advantages of low energy consumption, high efficiency.

The invention discloses a water-air cross-medium amphibious aircraft with anti-Zimeman wings, which relates to the technical field of aircrafts and comprises an aircraft body, an air power device and an underwater power device. The fuselage comprises an anti-Zimeman wing and an empennage, and the air power device and the underwater power device are both mounted on the anti-Zimeman wing; the anti-Zimeman wing is provided with a front tip end and a rear blunt end which are oppositely arranged, and the empennage is connected to the rear blunt end of the anti-Zimeman wing. The water-air cross-medium amphibious aircraft with the anti-Zimeman wing is adopted to solve the problems that a traditional rectangular wing cross-medium aircraft in the prior art is large in drainage volume, insufficient in lift margin and low in cross-medium conversion efficiency, and the working efficiency of the water-air cross-medium amphibious aircraft is higher.

A craft is provided with a lever that can control the power / speed of the craft and semi-automatically transition the craft in various modes of operation. This makes control of the craft somewhat similar to control of a boat, thereby bringing a maritime flight control experience to a wing-in-ground effect vehicles, hydrofoiling vessels, seagliders, and seaplanes. Further, various audio, visual, and / or haptic devices in the cockpit can provide alerts / feedback to the operator on the use of the lever and mode transitions.

The triphibian unmanned aerial vehicle belongs to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles and comprises a vehicle body, a suspension cabin is arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body, and multiple sets of power arm units are arranged on the side portion of the vehicle body at intervals in the circumferential direction; the power arm unit comprises a first rocker arm, one end of the first rocker arm is connected with the machine body through a rotary driving mechanism, the rotary driving mechanism can drive the first rocker arm to rotate in the horizontal direction, the other end of the first rocker arm is connected with a second rocker arm through a mechanical joint, and the mechanical joint can drive the second rocker arm to rotate in the vertical direction. A power mechanism is arranged on the second rocker arm and comprises a driving part and a paddle part, the driving part is mounted on the second rocker arm, the paddle part comprises an inner ring and an outer ring which are concentrically arranged, a plurality of paddles are connected between the inner ring and the outer ring, and the inner ring is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the driving part. The unmanned aerial vehicle can fly in the air, sail on the water surface and walk on the land, and has the technical advantages of relatively simple structure, convenience in state switching, considerable propelling efficiency and the like.