54results 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.

A ground effect machine GEM) system emphasizes a vehicle capable of ground effect flight with a means to control flight above the ground. Induced drag is reduced by "Lift Span Tech" which comprises an upper-surface trailing propulsor that pushes air above a trailing high-pitch surface to overcome boundary layer separation and promote air flow generating a trailing edge stagnation point due to air's interaction with the ground. Lift Span Tech in combination with a lower cavity both reduces drag and provide aerodynamic lift. Efficiency of the GEM may be increased both due to reduced drag and reduced mechanical resistance, depending on application. Applications include but are not limited to railcars, box trucks, buses, aircraft, automobiles, and boats.

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 invention discloses an intelligent inspection robot, and relates to the technical field of robots. An intelligent inspection robot comprises an internally sealed robot shell and a monitoring module arranged at the end of the robot shell, and further comprises a fluid counter-acting force driving part rotationally arranged on the side wall of the robot shell; the storage box is arranged in the robot shell; the moving wheel set is arranged at the bottom of the robot shell; when the fluid reaction force driving part is parallel to the horizontal plane, the robot shell is driven to fly in the air; when the interior of the storage box is in an empty box state, the robot shell falls into water and floats on the water surface; the robot has four working modes of flying, ground walking, water surface moving and diving moving, so that the robot can be suitable for various complex inspection environments, the application range of the robot is greatly expanded through the multi-mode moving capacity, the flexibility and comprehensiveness of inspection are improved, and meanwhile the inspection cost is reduced.

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 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 present invention discloses a variable-posture cross-medium multi-habitat robot, which belongs to the field of robotics. The variable-posture cross-medium multi-habitat robot includes a bracket and two sets of drive components symmetrically arranged on both sides of the bracket. Each set of drive components includes a multi-habitat motion mechanism and a posture switching mechanism. The multi-habitat motion mechanism can rotate in a vertical plane relative to the bracket. The posture switching mechanism is used to drive the multi-habitat motion mechanism to rotate relative to the bracket, so that the robot can switch between multiple driving postures corresponding to multiple medium motion modes. The present invention realizes motion in multiple media using the same set of drive motors through a variable-posture three-habitat motion mechanism, and the posture switching mechanism can realize the switching of motion modes. The overall integration is high, and the volume and weight are relatively small.

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 wingless vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle has a main body including airfoil sections on either side of a central module in which a load may be carried. Articulated forward thrust systems are mounted on a leading edge of the main body and lateral members are located on either side of the main body and form winglets. At least one rear vertical-thrust system may also be provided and, in one embodiment, is mounted in an aperture aft of the central module. The forward thrust systems transition between a vertical flight configuration and a horizontal flight configuration. The lateral members are configured as both vortex-damping members and also to channel backwash from the forward thrust systems over the airfoil formed by the main body.

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 reconfigurable maritime search and rescue reconnaissance robot. The reconfigurable maritime search and rescue reconnaissance robot comprises a robot body, a reconfigurable mechanism and a rotor wing-paddle wheel integrated module. A reconfigurable mechanism support is obliquely arranged at the tail end of a supporting foot of the robot body, the reconfigurable mechanism is arranged in the reconfigurable mechanism support, and a support end cover of a spherical structure is arranged on the reconfigurable mechanism support. Each reconfigurable mechanism is connected with a rotor wing-paddle wheel integrated module; when the reconfigurable mechanism rotates, the rotor wing-paddle wheel integrated module is driven to rotate by 360 degrees on the support end cover, meanwhile, the rotor wing-paddle wheel integrated module does shearing motion around the support end cover, and reconfiguration of the motion mode of the robot is achieved. The shape of the robot can be changed, the motion mode of the robot can be reconstructed, and therefore the problems that an existing maritime search and rescue technology is low in efficiency, poor in stability and the like are solved, and particularly the situation that in a maritime emergency accident, due to goods or building falling, a rescue ship may not enter a disaster site is avoided.

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.

According to the foldable storage type triphibian robot, through the front baffle device, the middle baffle device and the rear baffle device, on the premise that the overall motion performance is guaranteed, motion space is provided for a deformation mechanism under the three motion modes of flying, submerging and crawling, the structure is simple, the sealing performance is good, and the overall size and the structural complexity are reduced. And the folding wings with the streamline appearance can be deformed and folded for three times, so that the space occupied by the interior of the shell is greatly reduced on the premise of ensuring the flying capability. One of the two foldable mechanical legs is a foldable mechanical leg without a rotating motor, and the other two foldable mechanical legs are arranged on the front lower portion and the rear lower portion of the bottom shell and play roles in keeping balance and controlling the movement direction; one type is foldable mechanical legs with rotating motors, four foldable mechanical legs with rotating motors are arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom shell at intervals and play a role in providing advancing power, and the mechanical legs with the rotating motors can be converted into a horizontal state from a vertical state in the storage process; the storage space required by the mechanical leg is greatly reduced under the combined action of the interval distribution and the rotating motor, and when the two mechanical legs do not work, the two mechanical legs can be completely stored in the bottom shell in a folding mode, so that the movement performance is not influenced. Compared with the prior art, the device is small in size, simple in structure and suitable for complex and changeable environment working conditions, and has the remarkable movement performance advantage.

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.