Wheel type inspection robot with liftable camera

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of inspection robots, and discloses a wheel type inspection robot with a liftable camera, which comprises a machine body, a telescopic rod and a camera body, the camera body is fixed at one end of the telescopic rod, the upper surface of the machine body is provided with a through hole, and the inner wall of the through hole is rotatably connected with a turntable; the upper surface of the rotating disc is fixedly connected with a frame body, and the inner wall of the frame body is rotationally connected with a rotating shaft. According to the utility model, the frame body, the rotating shaft, the first motor and the like are matched for use, so that the first motor can be started to drive the rotating shaft to rotate when the device encounters a narrow space into which a robot cannot enter during inspection, the rotating shaft drives the telescopic rod and the camera body to rotate, and then the telescopic rod is started to drive the camera body to rotate; in this way, the camera body can obliquely stretch forwards, the camera body can stretch into the space where the robot cannot enter for inspection, and the practicability of the device is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of inspection robots, in particular to a wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous growth of social economy, inspection robots are widely used in patrolling and inspecting large enterprise factories, high-tech parks, large shopping malls and other places to detect abnormalities and safety hazards in time, thereby ensuring the safety of various places. In addition, in some hazardous inspection environments where it is not suitable for staff to perform inspections, such as factories with high-voltage arc substations, these places are very dangerous for industrial safety personnel, and inspection robots are usually used for inspections.

[0003] Currently, the camera of the inspection robot can be raised, and the camera can be raised so that the camera can shoot at a farther distance. However, when the camera is raised straight up and down for inspection in a small space (such as the inside of some chassis), the robot cannot drive in and cannot perform shooting inspections, which limits the use of the robot. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of the present utility model is to solve the problems existing in the prior art, and to propose a wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera. The camera can be extended upward at an angle. When encountering a space that the robot cannot enter, the camera body can be extended into the space that the robot cannot enter for inspection, thereby improving the practicality of the device.

[0005] In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] A wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera comprises a body, a telescopic rod and a camera body, the camera body being fixed to one end of the telescopic rod, a through hole being provided on the upper surface of the body, and a turntable being rotatably connected to the inner wall of the through hole, the upper surface of the turntable being fixedly connected to a frame, the inner wall of the frame being rotatably connected to a rotating shaft, and the side wall of the rotating shaft being fixedly connected to the telescopic rod, a first motor being fixedly connected to a side wall of one side of the body, and a driving end of the first motor being fixedly connected to the rotating shaft, one end of the turntable passing through the body and extending to the interior of the body, one end of the turntable located inside the body being fixedly connected to a stabilizing mechanism, and a driving mechanism being provided below the stabilizing mechanism.

[0007] Preferably, the stabilizing mechanism includes a stabilizing disk fixedly connected to the turntable, and a magnet ring is provided below the stabilizing disk, the magnet ring is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the machine body, and two electromagnets are fixedly connected to the lower surface of the stabilizing disk.

[0008] Preferably, the driving mechanism includes a rotating rod fixedly connected to the stabilizing disk, one end of the rotating rod passes through the magnet ring, and a worm gear is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the rotating rod, a second motor is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the body, and a worm is fixedly connected to the driving end of the second motor, and the worm is meshed with the worm gear.

[0009] Preferably, a circular hole is opened inside the rotating rod, and the inner wall of the circular hole is rotatably connected to a fixing rod, and one end of the fixing rod is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the machine body.

[0010] Preferably, a slot is provided on the outer wall of the stabilizing plate, and a roller is provided in the slot, with one side wall of the roller in contact with the inner wall of the machine body.

[0011] Preferably, a pillow is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the body, and a side wall of the pillow is in contact with the telescopic rod.

[0012] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0013] The utility model sets a frame, a rotating shaft and a first motor for use in conjunction with each other, so that when the device encounters a narrow space that the robot cannot enter during inspection, the first motor can be started to drive the rotating shaft to rotate, and the rotating rotating shaft drives the telescopic rod and the camera body to rotate, and then the telescopic rod is started, so that the camera body will be tilted and extended forward, so that the camera body can be extended into the space that the robot cannot enter for inspection, thereby improving the practicality of the device; by setting a turntable and using it in conjunction with the driving mechanism, before starting the telescopic rod, the driving mechanism can drive the turntable to rotate, and the rotating turntable can drive the telescopic rod and the camera body to rotate, ensuring that the space is inaccessible to the body of the camera body, the telescopic rod can be started, so that during inspection, the position of the camera body can be adjusted without rotating the body, further facilitating the device to inspect in narrow spaces. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera proposed in the present invention;

[0015] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the front cross-section structure of a wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera proposed in the present invention;

[0016] Figure 3 for Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the structure enlarged in the middle;

[0017] Figure 4 This is a schematic side-sectional view of the wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera proposed in the present invention.

[0018] In the figure: 1. Body; 2. Telescopic rod; 3. Camera body; 4. Turntable; 5. Bracket; 6. Rotating shaft; 7. First motor; 8. Stabilizing plate; 9. Magnetic ring; 10. Electromagnet; 11. Rotating rod; 12. Worm gear; 13. Second motor; 14. Worm; 15. Fixed rod; 16. Roller; 17. Pillow pad. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.

[0020] See also Figures 1-4 A wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera includes a body 1, a telescopic rod 2 and a camera body 3. The camera body 3 is fixed to one end of the telescopic rod 2. A through hole is opened on the upper surface of the body 1, and the inner wall of the through hole is rotatably connected to a turntable 4. The upper surface of the turntable 4 is fixedly connected to a frame 5. The inner wall of the frame 5 is rotatably connected to a rotating shaft 6, and the side wall of the rotating shaft 6 is fixedly connected to the telescopic rod 2. A first motor 7 is fixedly connected to the side wall of one side of the body 1, and the driving end of the first motor 7 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 6. One end of the turntable 4 passes through the body 1 and extends to the inside of the body 1. One end of the turntable 4 located inside the body 1 is fixedly connected to a stabilizing mechanism, and a driving mechanism is provided below the stabilizing mechanism.

[0021] By arranging the frame 5, the rotating shaft 6 and the first motor 7 to be used in conjunction with each other, when the device encounters a narrow space that the robot cannot enter during inspection, the first motor 7 can be started, so that the first motor 7 drives the rotating shaft 6 to rotate, and the rotating rotating shaft 6 drives the telescopic rod 2 and the camera body 3 to rotate, and then the telescopic rod 2 is started, so that the camera body 3 will be tilted and extended forward, and the camera body 3 can be extended into the space that the robot cannot enter for inspection, thereby improving the practicality of the device; by arranging the turntable 4 and the driving mechanism to be used in conjunction with the driving mechanism, before starting the telescopic rod 2, the driving mechanism can drive the turntable 4 to rotate, and the rotating turntable 4 can drive the telescopic rod 2 and the camera body 3 to rotate, ensuring that the space that the body 1 of the camera body 3 cannot enter can be started, so that when inspecting, the body 1 does not need to be rotated, and the position of the camera body 3 can be adjusted, further facilitating the inspection of the device in a narrow space.

[0022] See Figure 1 、 Figure 2 and Figure 4The stabilizing mechanism includes a stabilizing plate 8 fixedly connected to the turntable 4, and a magnet ring 9 is provided below the stabilizing plate 8, the magnet ring 9 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the body 1, and two electromagnets 10 are fixedly connected to the lower surface of the stabilizing plate 8; by setting the stabilizing plate 8, the magnet ring 9 and the electromagnet 10 and so on, since the stabilizing plate 8 is fixed to the turntable 4, when the telescopic rod 2 pushes the camera body 3 to move, the weight on the turntable 4 will be greatly offset, which starts the electromagnet 10, so that the electromagnet 10 close to the camera body 3 repels the magnet ring 9, and the electromagnet 10 away from the camera body 3 attracts the magnet ring 9, so as to balance the weight on the turntable 4, thereby facilitating the rotation of the turntable 4.

[0023] See Figure 2 and Figure 4 The driving mechanism includes a rotating rod 11 fixedly connected to the stabilizing disk 8, one end of the rotating rod 11 is arranged through the magnet ring 9, and the outer wall of the rotating rod 11 is fixedly sleeved with a worm gear 12, the inner wall of the body 1 is fixedly connected to a second motor 13, and the driving end of the second motor 13 is fixedly connected to a worm 14, and the worm 14 is meshed with the worm gear 12; by setting the second motor 13, the worm 14 and the worm gear 12 for use together, when driving the turntable 4, the second motor 13 is started, so that the second motor 13 drives the worm 14 to rotate, the rotating worm 14 drives the worm gear 12 to rotate, the rotating worm gear 12 drives the rotating rod 11 to rotate, and the rotating rotating rod 11 can drive the turntable 4 to rotate.

[0024] See Figure 2 and Figure 4 A circular hole is opened inside the rotating rod 11, and the inner wall of the circular hole is rotatably connected to a fixing rod 15, one end of the fixing rod 15 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the body 1; by setting the fixing rod 15, the rotating rod 11 can be supported and limited, thereby increasing the stability of the rotation of the rotating rod 11.

[0025] See Figure 2 and Figure 3 A slot is provided on the outer wall of the stabilizing disk 8, and a roller 16 is provided in the slot, and one side wall of the roller 16 is in contact with the inner wall of the body 1; by providing the roller 16, and one side wall of the roller 16 is in contact with the body 1, when the stabilizing disk 8 is subjected to force, the roller 16 can direct the force to the body 1, and at the same time, the roller 16 can roll and rub with the body 1, so that when the stabilizing disk 8 rotates, the stabilizing disk 8 will not rub the body 1.

[0026] See Figure 1 and Figure 3 A pillow pad 17 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the body 1, and one side wall of the pillow pad 17 is in contact with the telescopic rod 2; by setting the pillow pad 17, the telescopic rod 2 and the camera body 3 can be supported and erected with the pillow pad 17 when there is no need for the camera body 3 to penetrate into a narrow space.

[0027] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera, comprising a body (1), a telescopic rod (2) and a camera body (3), wherein the camera body (3) is fixed to one end of the telescopic rod (2), and is characterized in that: The upper surface of the machine body (1) is provided with a through hole, and the inner wall of the through hole is rotatably connected to a turntable (4), the upper surface of the turntable (4) is fixedly connected to a frame (5), the inner wall of the frame (5) is rotatably connected to a rotating shaft (6), and the side wall of the rotating shaft (6) is fixedly connected to the telescopic rod (2), a side wall of one side of the machine body (1) is fixedly connected to a first motor (7), and the driving end of the first motor (7) is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft (6), one end of the turntable (4) passes through the machine body (1) and extends to the inside of the machine body (1), one end of the turntable (4) located inside the machine body (1) is fixedly connected to a stabilizing mechanism, and a driving mechanism is provided below the stabilizing mechanism.

2. A wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stabilizing mechanism comprises a stabilizing disk (8) fixedly connected to the turntable (4), a magnet ring (9) is provided below the stabilizing disk (8), the magnet ring (9) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the machine body (1), and two electromagnets (10) are fixedly connected to the lower surface of the stabilizing disk (8).

3. The wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera according to claim 2, characterized in that: The driving mechanism comprises a rotating rod (11) fixedly connected to the stabilizing disk (8), one end of the rotating rod (11) passes through the magnet ring (9), and a worm gear (12) is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the rotating rod (11), a second motor (13) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the machine body (1), and a worm (14) is fixedly connected to the driving end of the second motor (13), and the worm gear (14) is meshed with the worm gear (12).

4. The wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera according to claim 3, characterized in that: A circular hole is provided inside the rotating rod (11), and a fixing rod (15) is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the circular hole. One end of the fixing rod (15) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the machine body (1).

5. A wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera according to claim 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that: The outer wall of the stabilizing plate (8) is provided with a slot, and a roller (16) is arranged in the slot, and one side wall of the roller (16) contacts the inner wall of the machine body (1).

6. A wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that: A pillow (17) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the body (1), and a side wall of the pillow (17) is in contact with the telescopic rod (2).

7. The wheeled inspection robot with a liftable camera according to claim 5, characterized in that: A pillow (17) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the machine body (1), and a side wall of the pillow (17) is in contact with the telescopic rod (2).

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