8704results about "Vehicles" patented technology

A vehicle includes a chassis including a first frame rail and a second frame rail, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a drive motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, and an energy storage system. The energy storage system includes a first battery module and a second battery module. The energy storage system is selectively reconfigurable between (a) a first configuration in which the first battery module and the second battery module each provide electrical energy to the drive motor and (b) a second configuration in which the first battery module is removed from the vehicle and the second battery module provides electrical energy to the drive motor.

A robot in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes a neck region through which the robot is configured to transmit and receive light. The robot defines a robot height and includes a body, a head carried by the body, and a neck extending between the head and the body along the robot height. The robot further includes a structural neck frame at a periphery of the neck in a plane perpendicular to the robot height. The structural neck frame defines windows distributed around the periphery of the neck. The robot further includes a sensor disposed at least partially within the structural neck frame. The sensor includes a laser configured to transmit light via the windows and a detector configured to receive light via the windows. A field of view of the sensor extends at least 320 degrees around the neck.

A vehicle having a primary mover, a charging system, multiple electric loads, and a controller. The charging system includes a charge storing device and an alternator. The alternator is configured to convert mechanical energy generated by the prime mover into electrical energy to charge the charge storing device. The multiple electrical loads are electrically coupled to the charging system via a power distribution module. The controller is communicably coupled to the charging system and is configured to receive an indication that an electrical output of the charging system is unable to provide sufficient electrical energy to each electrical load in the electrical loads. The controller is also configured to provide a control signal to the power distribution module in response to the indication. The control signal is configured to cause the power distribution module to decouple at least one of the electrical loads from the charging system.

A heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently adjust the temperature of heating elements by using a chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat. At the same time, the heat pump system may efficiently perform cooling and heating of a rear seat by using a rear heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module provided with a heat-exchanger.

A method for installing a wiring harness into a vehicle including coupling at least one module and the wiring harness to a fixture to form a structure, moving the structure to the vehicle, decoupling the module and the wiring harness from the fixture, coupling the module and the wiring harness to the vehicle, and removing the fixture from the vehicle.

Various advanced wiring assemblies for a humanoid robot are disclosed. The wiring assembly includes a first actuator printed circuit board (PCB) positioned near a first side of a first actuator and including a first PCB terminal. A second side of the first actuator includes: an output, an actuator cover coupled to the output and having a wire bundle opening formed therein, and an actuator opening formed through an extent of the second side. The wiring assembly includes a wire bundle having: a first end connector coupled to the first PCB terminal, a second end connector coupled to the second PCB terminal, and a plurality of wires that extend between the first end connector and the second end connector, and wherein said plurality of wires extends through the actuator opening of the second side of the first actuator and the wire bundle opening formed in the actuator cover.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive constant-force vibration reduction mechanism base and a robot, and belongs to the technical field of specialized robots. Two sets of buffer units and vibration reduction units are arranged at the front end and the rear end of the base correspondingly; driving wheels are arranged on the buffer unit and the vibration reduction unit; the buffer unit comprises a horizontal buffer structure, a vertical buffer structure and a support; the horizontal buffer structure is slidably connected with the support in the vertical direction; the top of the vertical buffer structure is hinged to the support, and the bottom is fixedly connected with the driving wheel; the support is fixedly connected with the base; the vibration reduction unit comprises a rotating support and a constant force component. According to the self-adaptive constant-force vibration reduction mechanism base and the robot, the problems that in the prior art, a vibration reduction mechanism cannot completely avoid vibration generated by a wheel type moving device in the vertical direction when the wheel type moving device moves on an uneven road surface, and consequently bolt looseness, wire harness interface looseness, material fatigue strain and the like occur can be effectively solved; and therefore, the wheel type moving device has a fault in the operation process and cannot stably operate, and the like.

The invention discloses a bionic walking feature fused quadruped robot gait reinforcement learning training method, which comprises the steps of S1, bionic gait feature modeling for extracting key features from a motion mode of a natural quadruped animal and constructing a bionic template capable of directly guiding robot gait control; and S2, constructing a reinforcement learning training environment, and simulating diversified actual scenes by constructing a high-fidelity simulation platform. According to the method, key features are extracted from natural four-footed animal gaits, a bionic template library is constructed, and natural features such as nonlinear rhythm and dynamic symmetry of animal movement are fused into robot gait control, so that the problem of action mechanical stiffness caused by dependence on manual design of a track in a traditional method is effectively solved; movement of the robot is closer to natural biological gaits, impact generated when the robot interacts with the environment is reduced while movement energy consumption is reduced, and movement smoothness is improved.

This invention provides a method for rapid assembly of a modular tubular beam car body. The car body is divided into several independent modules, which are manufactured in parallel at independent workstations or assembly lines. Corresponding connections between different independent modules are fitted with interlocking mortise and tenon structures for coarse positioning and fastening. The manufactured independent modules are then automatically transferred to an assembly station, where a robot grasps and rapidly assembles them. After assembly, bolts and / or structural adhesive are used to fasten the mortise and tenon joints. Compared to traditional assembly line production processes, this method significantly improves efficiency and economy, effectively reduces floor space, and overcomes the limitation of existing "unpacking processes" that are only suitable for single-model production, thus facilitating flexible manufacturing and rapid iteration across multiple models.

The invention relates to the field of electric power, in particular to an angle steel tower bolt and double-nut mounting robot which comprises a climbing platform crawling along an angle steel tower, and a material supplementing device is fixed to the climbing platform and synchronously advances along with the climbing platform; a mechanical arm is further fixed to the climbing platform, a fastening device is fixed to the driving end of the mechanical arm, and the material supplementing device is located in the moving range of the mechanical arm. The fastening device comprises a fixing base fixed to the mechanical arm, a guide rail is vertically arranged on the fixing base, and a bolt fastening base and a nut fastening base are both in sliding fit with the guide rail. The nut fixing sleeve and the bolt fixing sleeve are arranged on the bolt fastening base and the nut fastening base respectively and are coaxial, and openings of the nut fixing sleeve and the bolt fixing sleeve are opposite. One-time continuous fastening operation of bolts and double nuts on a plurality of bolt hole positions of a flange plate on an angle steel tower can be achieved in one-time tower climbing operation, and the installation efficiency is high.

In a thermal management system for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same, the thermal management system includes a fluid transfer device configured to execute thermal management of at least one object, to be thermally managed, through introduced ambient air, and a controller configured to determine a target air flow rate required for thermal management of the at least one object to be thermally managed, and to control the fluid transfer device based on an optimal control value determined using a control model for a predictive state value according to a current state value and the target air flow rate.

The present invention relates to a collaborative robot system used in an industrial environment where workers collaborate. The collaborative robot system comprises: a collaborative robot body having a multi-joint structure; a control unit for controlling each joint or auxiliary shaft; one or more sensors for detecting the operational state of the robot in real time; and a status diagnosis and response module for diagnosing the state of the robot on the basis of detected data and controlling the operation of the robot accordingly. Specifically, the system is configured to enable the robot to autonomously perform actions such as deceleration, stopping, and recovery in response to various state changes occurring during work, and to perform self-learning and trajectory optimization on the basis of data accumulated through repetitive tasks. Furthermore, the system includes a graphical user interface (GUI) for intuitive user interaction, which is linked to a digital twin-based virtual simulation environment, enabling presetting and modification of work paths. When multiple collaborative robots are operated together, the system enables task synchronization, path collision avoidance, and sharing of status information among the robots, and may be connected to an external control server or a cloud-based control system to allow integrated management of the entire workflow.

A vehicle fender assembly includes a fender, a fender baffle and a trim molding. The fender is part of a vehicle body defining a tire installation area. The fender baffle is a sound reducer installed to the fender. The fender baffle has an alignment ramp defining a bottom outer edge of the fender baffle that faces a vehicle direction when the fender baffle is installed to the fender. The trim molding is installed to the fender and the fender baffle along the alignment ramp. The alignment ramp enables the trim molding to rotate towards the fender during installation to enclose a gap between the fender and the fender baffle.

The invention discloses a flexible automobile door assembly automatic assembly line suitable for multi-vehicle-type mixed line, and relates to the technical field of automobile assembly, and the flexible automobile door assembly automatic assembly line comprises an annular conveying line, an automobile door assembly platform module, a visual compensation module, a collaborative assembly robot module and a control module, through the annular conveying line, the vehicle door assembling platform module, the visual compensation module and the collaborative assembling robot module which are modularly designed, rapid expansion and recombination of the production line are achieved, the multi-vehicle-type mixed-line production requirement can be flexibly met, the flexibility and adaptability of the production line are remarkably improved, meanwhile, efficient collaboration and precise control among all the modules are achieved, and the production efficiency is improved. And the assembling precision and efficiency of the vehicle door assembly are greatly improved. A 3D laser visual system of the visual compensation module ensures accurate butt joint of assembly of all parts, and the assembly quality problem caused by position deviation is avoided.

The invention discloses a self-stabilization system of an exterior wall robot, and relates to the technical field of engineering construction robots, and the self-stabilization system comprises a phase reference module, a frequency spectrum coupling module, a playback prediction module, a gap evolution module, a feedforward compensation module and an energy regulation and control module, constructing a millisecond-level phase comb index based on the wind vibration phase reference field, and locking a zero-phase anchor point in the phase comb index to form an initial constraint condition of attitude perception; according to the method, the closed-loop control of the outer wall robot from disturbance sensing to fine control is realized by constructing a six-stage self-stabilization process. The system introduces millisecond-level phase anchor point locking, cross-frequency information fusion, disturbance trend prediction, adhesion gap dynamic mapping, multi-channel compensation control and energy reverse regulation and control mechanisms, and can significantly improve the operation stability, adaptability and safety in a high-rise complex outer wall environment without depending on a mechanical redundant structure.

A motion control method for an adaptive self-reconfigurable pipeline robot based on environmental perception includes: acquiring internal images of the pipeline for scene recognition, segmenting planar surfaces and curved surfaces in the images according to recognition results, and extracting boundary lines of the pipeline; calculating a straight-pipe width, a bent-pipe curvature, a slope angle, and a step height to analyze passability of the robot; designing a path planner and a swing-arm planner to generate a reference trajectory and a swing-arm angle sequence of the robot, performing smoothing, and inputting the reference trajectory and the swing-arm angle sequence into a model predictive control (MPC) motion controller; estimating a position and state of the robot through an Error State Kalman Filter (ESKF) algorithm, and inputting estimation results and collision warning signals into the MPC motion controller; and finally outputting a signal for control of a motor and a swing-arm motor.

A heat pump system for a vehicle may include: a HVAC module, a heat-exchanger, a first expansion, a first connection line, a chiller, a second expansion valve, a gas injection device, a second connection line, and a third connection line, in order to improve cooling and heating performance by applying a gas injection device that selectively operates in an air conditioning mode of vehicle interior to increase the flow rate of the refrigerant.

A retention assembly for coupling electrical components to a vehicle including a body configured to house the electrical components, the body defining a slot. The retention assembly further includes a grounding component received in the slot of the body and defining a first aperture and a fastener extending through the first aperture of the grounding component and configured to extend at least partially through a vehicle body to secure the body to the vehicle and provide an electrical pathway between the grounding component and the vehicle body.

The present disclosure provides a sealing device and an in-wheel motor including the sealing device. The in-wheel motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatably disposed with respect to the stator, an annular inner seal connected to the stator and spaced apart from the rotor by a predetermined gap so as to be disposed between the stator and the rotor, and an annular slinger coupled to an end portion of the rotor, wherein the annular inner seal seals between the slinger and the in-wheel motor.

A dozer including a cabin, the dozer includes: an engine room located in front of the cabin, where an engine is disposed; an exhaust gas after-treatment device for purifying exhaust gases emitted from the engine; a first cooling device located in front of the cabin and capable of cooling the exhaust gas after-treatment device; and a second cooling device spaced apart from the first cooling device, with the cabin midway therebetween, and capable of cooling the engine.

A vehicle battery pack frame for a vehicle comprising: a base having a length and a width; side members on opposite sides of the base, extending along the length of the base, and attached to a periphery of the base; and crossbeams extending across the width of the base, between the side members; wherein each of the side members comprises a profiled body comprising a sidewall having a first surface facing the cross beams, and an opposite second surface; and a polymer reinforcement attached to the profiled body and facing the second surface of the sidewall of the profiled body.

Provided are a planning and control method for a legged robot, an apparatus, a robot, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining, based on the movement state and the swing parameter of each leg at the next moment, a foot-end reference state of each leg, and planning, based on a foot-end dynamic model and a discrete collision model, an impact-aware swing leg trajectory for a leg that starts to swing at the next moment; and performing, based on the movement state, the reference state sequence, and the foot-end reference state, whole-body control on the legged robot, and performing, based on a whole-body dynamic model and the discrete collision model, impact-aware whole-body control for a leg that is a supporting leg in planning but does not touch the ground.

The present invention relates to a refrigerant manifold including a first housing having one surface in which a first refrigerant channel is formed, and the other surface on which a plurality of component mounting parts are formed, a middle plate stacked on one surface of the first housing and configured to cover and block the first refrigerant channel, and a second housing having one surface on which a plurality of flange mounting parts are formed, and the other surface in which a second refrigerant channel is formed, the second housing being stacked on one surface of the middle plate, in which the plurality of component mounting parts are formed in a first direction, and the flange mounting part is formed in a second direction different from the first direction.

An embodiment is a thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system including a main refrigerant line in which a compressor, an indoor condenser, a first expansion valve, an outdoor condenser, a second expansion valve, and an indoor evaporator are sequentially provided, a battery cooling water line in which a battery, the chiller for a battery, and a water pump for a battery are sequentially provided, a refrigerant heater disposed between the compressor and the indoor condenser on the main refrigerant line, and a controller configured to control operations of the compressor and the refrigerant heater, control opening and closing of the first expansion valve and the second expansion valve, control operations of the water pump for an electric component and the water pump for a battery, and control flow paths of the refrigerant, the cooling water for an electric component, and the cooling water for a battery.

A generator module for a vehicle includes a housing arranged for fixing to a combustion engine, a stator fixed in the housing, a rotor, rotatable within the stator and arranged for driving connection with the combustion engine, and a damper arranged in a torque path between the combustion engine and the rotor for damping torsional vibrations from the combustion engine.

The present invention provides a battery diagnostic device, a battery diagnostic method, a battery pack, and an automobile for efficiently and accurately diagnosing abnormal voltage in battery cells. [Solution] The battery diagnostic device includes a voltage sensing circuit configured to generate a voltage signal that periodically indicates the cell voltage of a plurality of battery cells connected in series, and a control circuit configured to generate time-series data showing the change in the cell voltage of each battery cell over time based on the voltage signal, wherein the control circuit is configured to (i) determine a first average cell voltage and a second average cell voltage of each battery cell based on the time-series data (where the first average cell voltage is a short-term moving average and the second average cell voltage is a long-term moving average), and (ii) detect a voltage abnormality of each battery cell based on the difference between the first average cell voltage and the second average cell voltage.

The present disclosure is directed to apparatuses, system, and methods for rotating an operator station relative to another portion of an agricultural machine, such as a frame of the agricultural machine, to facilitate transport of the agricultural machine from one location to another. Transportation of the agricultural machine in this may include moving the agricultural machine in a direction that is conventionally considered to be the reverse direction of the agricultural machine. The operator station may include a cab of the agricultural machine or a portion of the cab, and the operator station may include one or more displays for displaying one or more images captured by an image capture device that is directed rearwardly of the agricultural machine.

The invention relates to a seatbelt webbing (10) for a seatbelt system of a motor vehicle, comprising a woven fabric of warp threads (11) and weft threads (12), where the woven fabric comprises a primary color in one or more base portions (13). The seat belt webbing includes at least one stripe having a different color and extending parallel to the warp yarns. Transition stripes are arranged at transitions from the base portion to the stripes, wherein the warp yarns of the base portion and stripes include base yarn counts. The transition stripe includes at least two warp yarns having a transition yarn count that is finer than the base yarn count.

An electrically driven axle assembly is disclosed. In various embodiments, the electrically driven axle assembly includes a main housing; a differential plate configured for mounting within the main housing; a differential assembly, the differential assembly disposed adjacent the differential plate and having a bearing configured for mounting within a plate orifice that extends within the differential plate; a first drive shaft having a first inboard end connected to the differential assembly and a first outboard end configured to receive a first wheel; a first electric machine configured to drive the differential assembly; and a first gear assembly configured to operably couple the first electric machine to the differential assembly.

The invention discloses a wheel-foot humanoid robot operation control method and system based on maneuverability optimization, and relates to the technical field of robot intelligent control. According to a mechanical arm tail end trajectory tracking task and mechanical arm joint motion constraints, a weight matrix is calculated in a self-adaptive mode through state vectors of a base and a mechanical arm joint; a robot dynamic model is constructed, and the tail end contact force of the mechanical arm is estimated based on a disturbance observer; the direction of the control force is determined according to an estimation result, and then force maneuverability enhancement is carried out; a speed instruction of an end effector is obtained, the expected base speed and the expected mechanical arm joint speed are obtained through a weight matrix, a hierarchical control frame of a model prediction controller and a whole-body controller is constructed based on an integrated dynamic model, the optimal wheel-leg interaction force spinor and the optimal joint torque are obtained through solving, and the optimal wheel-leg interaction force spinor and the optimal joint torque are obtained. Therefore, the whole-body motion control of the robot is driven. Through organic combination of disturbance compensation and force maneuverability optimization, the motion stability and operation efficiency of the robot are enhanced.