19072results about "Vehicles" patented technology

Techniques for determining robotic step timing and sequencing using reinforcement learning are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a target trajectory for a robot and receiving a state of the robot. The method further includes generating, using a neural network, a set of gait timing parameters for the robot based, at least in part, on the state of the robot and the target trajectory and controlling movement of the robot based on the set of gait timing parameters.

The present invention provides an intelligent robot for power inspection and an inspection method thereof, comprising a quadruped robot, wherein a laser radar, a voiceprint sensor and an infrared sensor are provided at the front end of the quadruped robot; a pan-tilt base is provided at the middle of the quadruped robot, and a camera is provided on the pan-tilt base; a six-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm is also provided at the tail of the quadruped robot, and a mechanical claw is provided at the end of the mechanical arm. The robot flexibly plans tasks based on the layout of the substation, sets inspection cycles for different equipment according to their importance, and automatically generates accurate task plans, thereby avoiding the tediousness and omissions of manual planning and improving planning. The advanced path planning algorithm enables the robot to quickly plan the optimal path, integrates multiple positioning technologies to ensure accurate navigation, and effectively reduces travel time. Multiple inspection modes are carried out in parallel, non-stop inspections are dynamic screening, routine inspections are comprehensive inspections, and non-preset inspections are flexibly targeted at specific points, which greatly improves the coverage efficiency of the inspection and avoids detection blind spots.

The invention includes a screw actuator. The screw actuator includes a screw having a screw shaft and a screw nut. The screw shaft defines a first longitudinal axis along its length. The screw nut at least partially surrounds the screw shaft. The screw actuator includes a motor having a stator and a rotor. The rotor is mechanically coupled to the screw shaft. The stator at least partially surrounds the rotor. The screw actuator includes a first rigid member having a length dimension oriented along the first longitudinal axis. The screw actuator includes a second rigid member mechanically constrained relative to the first rigid member. The second rigid member is configured to move along a direction of the first longitudinal axis.

A robot in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes a torso having a superior portion, an inferior portion, and an intermediate portion therebetween. The robot further includes two legs connected to the torso via the inferior portion of the torso, two arms connected to the torso via the superior portion of the torso, and a protrusion also connected to the torso via the inferior portion of the torso and extending anteriorly from the torso. The robot is configured to move an object toward the torso at least partially via contact between the object and at least one of the arms. The robot is further configured to support a weight of the object at least partially via the protrusion while the robot ambulates via the legs.

A humanoid robot leg that may include a shank, an ankle that includes an ankle joint that is configured to perform yaw and pitch rotations, a knee joint, multiple ankle related (AR) rotational motors that are in mechanical communication, via multiple AR transmission mechanisms, with the ankle joint, and a knee related (KR) rotational motor that is in mechanical communication, via a KR transmission mechanism, with the knee joint. The multiple AR rotational motors and the KR rotational motor are positioned above the knee joint.

A humanoid robot includes a torso, a left arm assembly coupled to the torso and having a first reference line, a left wrist coupled to the left arm assembly and including at least a rotational axis, and a left end effector coupled to the left wrist. The left end effector is configured to move about the rotational axis and includes a finger assembly with a second reference line and at least two degrees of freedom, and a thumb assembly with at least three degrees of freedom. A first angle is formed between the first and second reference lines when the left wrist is in a first configuration, and a second angle is formed when the left wrist is in a second configuration. Both the first and second angles are greater than 70 degrees, and the difference between the first and second angles is greater than 150 degrees.

An energy storage floor assembly for a motor vehicle having an electric drive includes an electrical energy storage device accommodated in a storage housing and arranged on the bottom side of a vehicle floor. At least one longitudinal beam is arranged within the storage housing. The front end of the longitudinal beam, viewed in the vehicle direction, is connected at least indirectly to a crossbeam component which is arranged in the region of a front-end structure and to which a front axle carrier is also attached. A load transfer element is installed between a rearward region of the front axle carrier and the front end of the longitudinal beam, which load transfer element has a front support region on the front end thereof and a rear support region on the rear end thereof. In an event of an accident-induced backward movement of the axle carrier as a result of a collision, the axle carrier can be supported on the front support region of the load transfer element, the rear support region of which can be supported at least indirectly on the longitudinal beam.

The disclosure presents a humanoid robot with an upper region (head, torso, arms with forearm assemblies, end effectors), lower region (legs), and connecting central region. Each end effector features index, middle, ring, little finger, and thumb assemblies attached to a housing of said end effector. The housing includes interior wall extents creating spaces for tendon routing, where the first distance between first and second wall extents is less than 45% of the second distance between third and fourth wall extents. Tendons controlling finger movements pass between these wall extents. The robot incorporates a wrist assembly connecting the housing of the end effector to the forearm, actuators housed in the forearm that control the tendons, and a carpal tunnel-like structure that guides tendons from forearm to base of the housing, enabling precise hand movements without requiring actuators in the hand itself.

An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a water pump, an energy storage system, an engine, an electric motor coupled to the engine and the energy storage system, and a power divider positioned between the electric motor, the water pump, and the rear axle. The power divider facilitates selectively driving the water pump and the rear axle with the engine and the electric motor.

A legged robot planning and control method and apparatus, a robot, and a storage medium. The method comprises: according to the motion state of a legged robot and swing parameters of each leg at the next moment, determining a foot-end reference state of each leg; for a leg to swing at the next moment, according to a foot-end dynamics model and a discrete collision model, planning a swing-leg trajectory having collision awareness; and, according to the motion state, a reference state sequence and the foot-end reference states, controlling the whole body of the legged robot, wherein for a leg which should be a planned supporting leg but is not in contact with the ground, whole-body control having collision awareness is performed according to a whole-body dynamics model and the discrete collision model. Thus, the problems are solved that legged robots in the prior art are limited in passive flexible buffering in collision, involves a large amount of control algorithm calculation and relatively low control precision, exhibit a relatively high degree of hardware wear and relatively short service lives, and cannot meet actual needs.

A piled grain surface management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal of a surface of piled grain in a bulk store, wherein a crust layer of the surface is broken up by auger rotation of the auger-based drive system during the traversal.

A piled grain surface management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal of a surface of piled grain in a bulk store, wherein a crust layer of the surface is broken up by auger rotation of the auger-based drive system during the traversal.

A piled granular material management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor. The auger-based drive system is configured to move the piled granular material management robot about atop a surface of a piled granular material in a bulk store. The processor is coupled with the memory and the auger-based drive system and is configured to direct a traversal, by the piled granular material management robot, about a portion of the surface abutting an edge of a base of a sheer face of the piled granular material which projects vertically upward from the surface, such that the traversal of the portion erodes a segment of the base, by agitation with an auger of the auger-based drive system during the traversal of the portion, and incites a gravity induced collapse of a section of the sheer face.

A piled granular material surface management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, and a processor coupled with the memory. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal of a surface of piled granular material in a bulk store, wherein a crust layer of the surface is broken up by auger rotation of the auger-based drive system during the traversal.

A robot comprises a body, a drive system coupled with the body, and a memory. A processor coupled with the memory is configured to control movement of the robot, via the drive system, to traverse about a surface of a piled granular material in a first direction and in relative to the body and in a second direction relative to the body. The second direction is substantially opposite the first direction. An articulable flap is rotatably coupled with the body by a hinge which comprises lower stop. The articulable flap is configured to rotatably articulate away from the lower stop to a non-pushing orientation in response to a first interaction with piled granular material traversed during the first direction of travel, and rotatably articulate to a pushing orientation engaged with the lower stop in response to a second interaction with the piled granular material during the second direction of travel.

A thermal management system, comprising: a primary coolant circulation system for cooling a first coolant by circulating the first coolant which is heat-exchanged with cooling water through a first water-cooled condenser; a secondary coolant circulation system for cooling a battery chiller by using a second coolant which is heat-exchanged with the first coolant of the primary coolant circulation system; and a second cooling line for cooling a battery by circulating cooling water which is heat-exchanged through the battery chiller, wherein the number of revolutions of the first condenser of the primary coolant circulation system is less than the number of revolutions of the second condenser of the secondary coolant circulation system, or the first coolant and the second coolant are heat-exchanged via the cooling water, such that the battery can be cooled efficiently during rapid charging.

A heat management system includes: a first flow passage in which a reserve tank is not provided; a second flow passage in which a reserve tank is provided; a switching device configured to switch between coupling and uncoupling of the first flow passage and the second flow passage to and from each other; and a control device configured to control the switching device. The control device is configured to, when predetermined coupling conditions are met, make the heat medium flow through the first flow passage and the second flow passage that have been coupled to each other by the switching device. When the control device determines that air bubbles exceeding the allowable volume are present in the heat medium, the coupling conditions switch from being unmet to being met.

In an embodiment, a thermal management system for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, all connected via refrigerant lines, so that refrigerant passes and circulates therethrough, a coolant circuit having a water pump, a chiller, a water heater, a heater core, and a battery coolant passage through a coolant line, a bypass line installed to connect a refrigerant line between the compressor and the condenser to a refrigerant line between the expansion valve and the evaporator, a branch line branched from the bypass line and connected to the coolant line of the coolant circuit through the chiller, and a valve device configured to control a flow of the refrigerant so that the refrigerant circulating along the refrigerant line flows by selectively passing through the bypass line, the branch line, and the chiller.

A piled granular material surface management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, a temperature sensor, and a processor coupled with the memory and with the temperature sensor. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal, by the robot, of a portion of a surface of piled granular material in a bulk store. The processor is also configured to capture, via the temperature sensor, a temperature measurement of the portion of the piled granular material during the traversal of the portion of the piled granular material by the robot.

A vehicle that includes: a vehicle body; a reinforcement member that is supported by the vehicle body and which is configured to absorb forces during an impact with the vehicle; a front bumper assembly that is supported by the vehicle body and which includes front lamps; an apron bracket that is supported by the vehicle body and which extends into the front bumper assembly; and support brackets that extends between the reinforcement member and the apron bracket to thereby inhibit movement of the front bumper assembly in relation to the vehicle body.

A piled granular material management robot comprises an auger-based drive system, a memory, a moisture sensor, and a processor coupled with the memory and with the moisture sensor. The processor is configured to control movement of the robot via augers of the auger-based drive system. The processor is also configured to direct a traversal, by the robot, of a portion of a surface of piled granular material in a bulk store. The processor is also configured to capture, via the moisture sensor, a moisture measurement of the portion of the piled granular material during the traversal of the portion of the piled granular material by the robot.

A humanoid robot includes an upper region with a torso, a pair of arm assemblies coupled to the torso, and a head and neck assembly. The head and neck assembly includes a neck portion coupled to the torso and a head portion coupled to the neck portion. The head portion has a head housing assembly with a first shell and a second shell defining a head volume. The first shell includes an opening with a cover extending across at least a majority of the opening. A first camera and a second camera are located within the head volume, each having horizontal and vertical fields of view exceeding specified angles. The first and second camera bodies are positioned less than 15 centimeters apart. The robot also includes a lower region with a pair of legs coupled to and spaced apart from the upper region.

A drive device for an electric vehicle is provided for reducing the input speed of a motor and transmitting the reduced input speed to an output shaft. The device comprises a first planetary gear set comprising three first planetary gear elements, a first element connected to the motor and a second element connected to a first output shaft, a second planetary gear set comprising three second planetary gear elements, a first element connected to a third element of the three first planetary gear elements, a second element connected to a second output shaft, and a third element fixed, and a third planetary gear set comprising three third planetary gear elements, a first and a second element each connected to two elements of the three first planetary gear elements, and a third element connected to a torque vectoring motor.

A heat pump system of a vehicle includes a first cooling device including a battery module and a first line for circulating a coolant, an air conditioner unit including a compressor, an internal condenser, a main heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator that are interconnected through a refrigerant line for circulating a refrigerant, and a chiller connected to the first cooling device through the first line, connected to the refrigerant line through a first connection line, and configured to adjust a coolant temperature through heat-exchanging a selectively introduced coolant with the refrigerant. The air conditioner unit further includes a second expansion valve, a first valve, a second valve, a second connection line, a third connection line, and a fourth connection line.

A method of controlling drift of a vehicle in which the vehicle more easily enters, maintains, releases, and transitions drift behavior, includes determining, by a controller, whether a current driving situation of the vehicle is a drift entry situation or a release situation based on vehicle driving information, and generating a drift index configured to indicate a current degree of drift from a determination result, determining, by the controller, a target yaw moment for left and right speed control depending on a driving situation or a braking situation of the vehicle and target yaw moments for drift assistance control depending on a driver input and a vehicle state in the drift entry situation, based on the vehicle driving information, and generating and outputting, by the controller, a target torque of a motor configured to drive each wheel of the vehicle based on the determined target yaw moments.

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 heat pump system for a vehicle may efficiently adjust the temperature of heating elements by using one 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 one heat-exchanger.

A heat pump system for a vehicle may include: a compressor, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) module, a heat-exchanger, a first expansion valve, a connection line, and a chiller. The heat pump system may improve heating performance for heating a vehicle interior by employing a gas injection device selectively operating at the time of heating a vehicle interior to increase the flow amount of refrigerant.

The invention discloses a biped robot reinforcement learning control method which comprises the following steps: after a model prediction controller receives a walking instruction, outputting expected angle data of each joint of a robot to a reinforcement learning neural network, and meanwhile, returning joint angle data of an actual strategy of the reinforcement learning neural network to the neural network by a sensing system at a bottom layer; a joint angle taking time as a sequence and planned by model prediction is compared with a joint angle actually generated by a neural network, and model prediction control is fused into a reinforcement learning training process by setting a reward function for punishment, so that the reinforcement learning training efficiency is improved, and a stable gait is more quickly achieved. Excellent gaits planned by the MPC are transplanted into reinforcement learning control, and control robustness can be improved under the condition that the excellent gaits of the MPC are reserved; and meanwhile, the joint angle data which is obtained by taking time as a sequence and is obtained by taking MPC as a planner can accelerate the reinforcement learning training process, so that the training speed and the control effect of reinforcement learning are greatly improved.

The present invention relates to the field of automated apparatuses. Disclosed is a robot capable of automatically climbing, wherein the robot capable of automatically climbing comprises a main body and climbing mechanisms, each of the climbing mechanisms comprising a telescopic linkage. An inner lifting sliding rail moves vertically along a fixed sliding rail, a middle lifting sliding rail moves vertically along the inner lifting sliding rail, and an outer lifting sliding rail moves vertically along the middle lifting sliding rail. An instant adhesive storage tank and a numerical control nozzle are provided at the top end of each of the inner, middle and outer lifting sliding rails, the numerical control nozzle spraying an instant adhesive to a climbing surface to form a load-bearing plate. A climbing assembly is provided on each of the inner, middle and outer lifting sliding rails, and the climbing assembly moves vertically along its corresponding inner, middle and outer lifting sliding rails and is configured to be supported on the load-bearing plate. A central processing unit is in communication connection with the telescopic linkage, the inner, middle and outer lifting sliding rails, the climbing assembly and the numerical control nozzle.