Amphibious flying swimming pool robot
By designing an amphibious flying pool robot equipped with a flight power unit and control system, the problem of existing pool robots being unable to return to shore automatically has been solved, enabling convenient operation of efficient charging and waste bin cleaning.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202521076392.X
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-13
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-05-28
AI Technical Summary
Existing pool robots require users to manually retrieve them from the water after cleaning, which is cumbersome and poses hygiene risks. They also cannot efficiently return to shore to recharge and clean the waste bins.
Design an amphibious flying pool robot equipped with a flight propulsion device, a filtration device, a walking device, and a controller. It can fly in the water and automatically return to the shore. It can achieve self-adjustment and recall through flight status monitoring and communication devices.
This enables the pool robot to return to shore efficiently from the water, simplifies charging and waste bin cleaning operations, and reduces the user's workload and hygiene risks.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to intelligent underwater equipment technical field especially swimming pool cleaning technology more specifically, relate to a kind of amphibious flying swimming pool robot. BACKGROUND
[0002] In the current high-speed development of global technological innovation and high-end manufacturing industry, the robot industry has become a strategic highland of major economies in the world. Countries have invested a large amount of resources, aiming to stabilize and enhance their competitive advantage in manufacturing through the development of the robot industry. In the field of smart home, the application of robots is becoming more and more widespread and in-depth, and their presence has frequently appeared in every corner of the home, taking on diverse tasks such as cleaning and security, gradually replacing manual labor to complete complex household and yard work, greatly improving the convenience and comfort of people's lives.
[0003] In the field of swimming pool cleaning technology, swimming pool robots, as professional automatic cleaning devices for swimming pools, are increasingly popular among users, and more and more families are choosing to use swimming pool robots to maintain the cleanliness of swimming pools. It can move autonomously underwater and efficiently clean dirt, debris, and other impurities on the bottom and walls of the pool, providing a convenient and efficient solution for daily pool maintenance.
[0004] However, in actual use, the existing swimming pool robots have exposed a series of problems that need to be solved. The most prominent of which is that after completing the cleaning tasks of the water bottom, water surface, and pool wall, the swimming pool robot needs to be charged and the garbage bin needs to be cleaned. This process usually requires the user to manually fish the swimming pool robot out of the water. This fishing method not only operates complicatedly, increasing the user's labor burden, but also, since the swimming pool robot will come into contact with a large amount of dirt, bacteria, and impurities during the cleaning process, the user directly touches the robot with their hands during the fishing process, which poses a serious health risk and can easily lead to the spread of bacteria, affecting the user's health.
[0005] As in Chinese invention patent CN202310882638.1, the publication date of which is January 21, 2025, it includes a body and a controller and a first positioning module provided in the body, the controller and the first positioning module are electrically connected; wherein, when the body floats on the water surface of the swimming pool, the first positioning module is used to scan the pool bottom of the swimming pool and obtain the topographic data of the pool bottom, and the controller calculates the relative position of the swimming pool robot and the body according to the topographic data. Its purpose is to drive the body to move to the shore through the driving module, and to realize the automatic landing function. However, when there is a height difference between the shore and the liquid, the swimming pool robot cannot directly land on the shore.
[0006] Therefore, how to make the pool robot return to the shore from the water efficiently so as to complete the charging and garbage cleaning operations on the shore is an important technical problem to be solved in the current pool cleaning field. Utility model content
[0007] The utility model aims at overcoming the above-mentioned prior art's insufficient, provide a amphibious flying pool robot, for solving the existing pool robot from the water return to the shore difficult problem.
[0008] The utility model takes technical scheme, provide a amphibious flying pool robot for cleaning pool, including body and at least four flying power device of setting on the body, each flying power device is with the axis of the body as the symmetry axis of rotation symmetry, the inside of the body is provided with filter device, and through the filter device and set in the bottom of the body suction mouth and set in the side or upper portion of the body water outlet, the bottom of the body is provided with at least one walking device, the body is also provided with controller, and walking device and filter device are electrically connected with controller.
[0009] In one way, the body is provided with a flight condition monitoring device, which is electrically connected with the controller, and is used for monitoring the motion state information of the pool robot during flight and transmitting the monitored motion state information to the controller.
[0010] In one way, the body is provided with a communication device, which is electrically connected with the controller, and the user confirms the target position on the communication device when recalling the pool robot, and operates the communication device to send a recall instruction signal to the base station.
[0011] In some embodiments, the flying power device is a propeller engine, which is arranged on the top of the body, has low maintenance cost, low maintenance technical requirement, low energy consumption, and reduces the operating cost of the pool robot.
[0012] In one way, the body is provided with a folding assembly, and the flying power device is foldably connected with the body through the folding assembly, so that the structure of the flying power device in the non-flying state is more compact, the size of the aircraft is reduced, and the pool robot is stored and transported in limited space.
[0013] In one mode, the folding assembly comprises a first hydraulic cylinder and a limiting seat, a limiting rod parallel to the shaft center and horizontal plane is arranged through the limiting seat, the end of the limiting rod away from the machine body is connected with the flying power device, the end of the limiting rod close to the machine body is connected with the hydraulic rod of the first hydraulic cylinder through a connecting rod, and the connecting rod, the hydraulic rod of the first hydraulic cylinder and the limiting rod are all connected through a rotating shaft, the position of the flying power device is changed, so that the area of the swimming pool robot subjected to wind force is expanded or reduced.
[0014] In one mode, the bottom and / or side of the machine body is further provided with a water level sensor, the water level sensor is electrically connected with the controller, the water level sensor is used for detecting the position and depth of the machine body in the swimming pool and transmitting information to the controller, so that the flying power device is opened through the folding assembly when the swimming pool robot is in the swimming pool, and the flying power device and / or the folding assembly are prevented from being damaged due to excessive resistance in water.
[0015] In some embodiments, the flying power device is a jet engine, and is arranged at the bottom of the machine body, the propeller of the jet engine is arranged in the mounting groove formed at the bottom of the machine body, the failure rate of the jet engine is relatively low, and the jet engine has a good redundancy design.
[0016] In one mode, an angle rotating assembly is arranged in the mounting groove, the propeller can be driven to rotate through the angle rotating assembly, and the angle rotating assembly is electrically connected with the controller, so that the angle rotating assembly can change the thrust direction of the propeller, and the robot can change the moving direction.
[0017] In one mode, the angle rotating assembly comprises a shell and a first driver for driving the shell to rotate, two mounting seats are arranged in the shell, a connecting shaft is rotatably arranged between the two mounting seats, a second driver for driving the connecting shaft to rotate is arranged in the shell, a sleeve is formed at one end of the propeller close to the angle rotating assembly, the sleeve is sleeved on the connecting shaft, so that the end of the propeller away from the angle rotating assembly can rotate with the connecting shaft, so that the propeller rotates, and the thrust direction of the propeller is changed, so that the moving direction of the swimming pool robot is changed.
[0018] Compared with the prior art, the swimming pool robot has the following beneficial effects:
[0019] The amphibious flying swimming pool robot provided in the embodiment can return to the shore from the water efficiently, so that the operation of charging and cleaning the garbage bin on the shore is completed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0020] Figure 1 It is a front view of the amphibious flying swimming pool robot provided in the embodiment 1;
[0021] Figure 2A top view of a amphibious flying pool robot provided in Example 1;
[0022] Figure 3 A structural schematic view of a folding assembly provided in Example 2;
[0023] Figure 4 A front view of a amphibious flying pool robot provided in Example 3;
[0024] Figure 5 A front sectional view of an angle rotating assembly provided in Example 3;
[0025] Figure 6 A front view of an angle rotating assembly provided in Example 3.
[0026] Label explanation:
[0027] Body 100, mounting groove 101, flying power device 200, propeller 201, folding assembly 300, first hydraulic cylinder 301, limiting seat 302, limiting rod 303, connecting rod 304, suction port 400, water outlet 500, walking device 600, angle rotating assembly 700, shell 701, mounting seat 702, connecting shaft 703, first driver 704, second driver 705. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0028] The drawings of the utility model are only used for example description, and cannot be understood as the limitation of the utility model. In order to better illustrate the following embodiments, some components of the drawings can be omitted, enlarged or reduced, and the size of actual products is not represented; for those skilled in the art, it is understandable that some well-known structures and their descriptions in the drawings can be omitted.
[0029] Example 1
[0030] As shown in Figures 1-3 , the embodiment provides an amphibious flying pool robot for cleaning a swimming pool, which comprises a body 100 and at least four flying power devices 200 (the number of flying power devices 200 can be four, six or eight) arranged on the body 100, each flying power device 200 is rotationally symmetrical about the axis of the body 100 (the axis of the body 100 is a vertical line passing through the geometric center of the pool robot), the inside of the body 100 is provided with a filter device, and the filter device is connected with a suction port 400 arranged at the bottom of the body 100 and a water outlet 500 arranged at the side or upper part of the body 100, the bottom of the body 100 is provided with at least one walking device 600, the body 100 is further provided with a controller, and the walking device 600 and the filter device are electrically connected with the controller.
[0031] In order to make the controller control the flight state of the pool robot more conveniently, in an optimal embodiment of the present application, the body 100 is provided with a flight state monitoring device (the flight state monitoring device comprises a camera, a gyroscope, a GPS, an accelerometer and an angular velocity meter, etc.), the flight state monitoring device is electrically connected with the controller, the flight state monitoring device is used for monitoring the motion state information (the motion state information comprises attitude, speed, angle, height and position information, etc.) of the pool robot in the flight process, and transmitting the monitored motion state information to the controller, the pool robot can timely adjust itself through the flight state, so as to avoid colliding with other objects in the flight.
[0032] In order to make the pool robot accurately fly into the base station, in an optimal embodiment of the present application, the body 100 is provided with a communication device (the communication device comprises a Bluetooth, a WiFi receiving device and an infrared receiving device), the communication device is electrically connected with the controller, when the user needs to recall the pool robot, the target position is confirmed on the communication device, and the communication device is operated to send a recall instruction signal to the base station, the base station communicates with the pool robot, and determines the state information (the water depth where the pool robot is located, the relative position between the pool robot and the base station, etc.) of the pool robot, and then the base station transmits the recall instruction signal to the pool robot, the pool robot moves towards the target position until the pool robot coincides with the target position.
[0033] Embodiment 2
[0034] As shown in Figure 1 In the present embodiment, the flight power device 200 is a propeller engine, and is arranged at the top of the body 100, the maintenance cost of the propeller engine is also low, the maintenance technical requirement is also low, and the energy consumption is low, so that the operating cost of the pool robot is reduced.
[0035] The body 100 is provided with a folding assembly 300, the flight power device 200 is foldably connected with the body 100 through the folding assembly 300, so that the structure of the flight power device 200 in the non-flight state is more compact, the volume of the aircraft is reduced, and storage and transportation in limited space are facilitated; and when the pool robot is underwater, the folding state can significantly reduce the water area of the flight power device 200, so as to reduce the resistance of the pool robot when moving in water.
[0036] As shown in Figure 3As shown, the folding assembly 300 includes a first hydraulic cylinder 301 and a limiting seat 302. A limiting rod 303, parallel to the axis and horizontal plane, is provided through the limiting seat 302. The end of the limiting rod 303 away from the body 100 is connected to the flight power device 200, and the end closer to the body 100 is connected to the hydraulic rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 301 through a connecting rod 304. The connecting rod 304, the hydraulic rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 301, and the limiting rod 303 are all connected by a rotating shaft. By changing the position of the flight power device 200, the area of the pool robot exposed to wind force can be expanded or reduced.
[0037] To prevent the pool robot from opening its flight power unit 200 via the folding component 300 in the pool, and to prevent damage to the flight power unit 200 and / or the folding component 300 due to excessive water resistance, in a preferred embodiment of this invention, a water level sensor is also provided on the bottom and / or side of the body 100. The water level sensor is electrically connected to the controller. The water level sensor is used to detect the position and depth of the body 100 in the pool and transmit the information to the controller. (Predictably, when the water level sensor is located at the bottom of the body 100, the body 100 is completely out of the water, and the controller controls the folding component 300 to start, causing the flight power unit 200 to open; when the sensor is located on the side of the body 100, the position of the water level sensor installed on the body 100 is exposed above the water, and the controller controls the folding component 300 to start, causing the flight power unit 200 to open.)
[0038] Other solutions are consistent with Embodiment 1 and have the same technical effects as Embodiment 1, and will not be described in detail in this embodiment.
[0039] Example 3
[0040] like Figures 4-6 As shown, in this embodiment, the flight power unit 200 is a jet engine and is located at the bottom of the fuselage 100. The thruster 201 of the flight power unit 200 is located in the mounting groove 101 formed at the bottom of the fuselage 100. The jet engine has a relatively low failure rate and good redundancy design.
[0041] An angle rotation component 700 is provided in the mounting slot 101. The pusher 201 can be driven to rotate by the angle rotation component 700. The angle rotation component 700 is electrically connected to the controller. The angle rotation component 700 can change the direction of the pusher 201, so that the robot can change its direction of movement.
[0042] The angle rotating assembly 700 comprises a shell 701 and a first driver 704 for driving the shell 701 to rotate, two mounting seats 702 are arranged in the shell 701, a connecting shaft 703 is rotatably arranged between the two mounting seats 702, a second driver 705 is arranged in the shell 701 and drives the connecting shaft 703 to rotate, a sleeve is formed on one end of the propeller 201 close to the angle rotating assembly 700, the sleeve is sleeved on the connecting shaft 703, so that the one end of the propeller 201 away from the angle rotating assembly 700 can rotate with the connecting shaft 703, the first driver 704 and the second driver 705 are used to drive the propeller 201 to rotate, so that the propeller 201 changes the thrust direction, thereby achieving the purpose of changing the moving direction of the pool robot.
[0043] Other schemes and embodiments are consistent with embodiment one and have the same technical effects as embodiment one, and will not be described one by one in this embodiment.
[0044] The amphibious flying pool robot provided in the embodiment can efficiently return to the shore from the water, so that the charging and the operation of cleaning the garbage bin on the shore can be completed.
[0045] Obviously, the above embodiments of the utility model are only examples for clearly illustrating the technical scheme of the utility model, and are not a limitation on the specific embodiments of the utility model. Any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the utility model claim should be included in the protection scope of the utility model claim.
Claims
1. An amphibious flying pool robot for cleaning a swimming pool, characterized by, The application relates to a swimming pool robot, which comprises a body (100) and at least four flight power devices (200) arranged on the body (100), each flight power device (200) is rotationally symmetrical about the axis of the body (100), the inside of the body (100) is provided with a filtering device, a sewage suction port (400) connected with the filtering device and arranged at the bottom of the body (100) and a water outlet (500) arranged at the side or top of the body (100), at least one walking device (600) is arranged at the bottom of the body (100), a controller is further arranged in the body (100), and the walking device (600) and the filtering device are electrically connected with the controller.
2. An amphibious flying pool robot according to claim 1, characterized in that The body (100) is provided with a flight condition monitoring device, the flight condition monitoring device is electrically connected with the controller, the flight condition monitoring device is used for monitoring the motion state information of the swimming pool robot during flight, and the monitored motion state information is transmitted to the controller.
3. The amphibious pool robot of claim 1, wherein, The body (100) is provided with a communication device, and the communication device is electrically connected with the controller.
4. The amphibious pool robot of claim 1, wherein, The flight power device (200) is a propeller engine and is arranged at the top of the body (100).
5. An amphibious pool robot according to claim 4, characterized in that The body (100) is provided with a folding assembly (300), and the flight power device (200) is foldably connected with the body (100) through the folding assembly (300).
6. An amphibious pool robot according to claim 5, wherein, The folding assembly (300) comprises a first hydraulic cylinder (301) and a limiting seat (302), the limiting seat (302) is provided with a limiting rod (303) parallel to the axis and the horizontal plane, one end of the limiting rod (303) away from the body (100) is connected with the flight power device (200), the other end close to the body (100) is connected with the hydraulic rod of the first hydraulic cylinder (301) through a connecting rod (304), and the connecting rod (304) is connected with the hydraulic rod of the first hydraulic cylinder (301) and the limiting rod (303) through a rotating shaft.
7. The amphibious pool robot of claim 4, wherein, The bottom and / or side of the body (100) is further provided with a water level sensor, the water level sensor is electrically connected with the controller, and the water level sensor is used for detecting the position and depth of the body (100) in the swimming pool and transmitting information to the controller.
8. The amphibious pool robot of claim 1, wherein, The flight power device (200) is a jet engine and is arranged at the bottom of the body (100), and the propeller (201) of the flight power device (200) is arranged in a mounting groove (101) formed at the bottom of the body (100).
9. An amphibious pool robot according to claim 8, characterized in that An angle rotating assembly (700) is arranged in the mounting groove (101), the propeller (201) can be driven to rotate through the angle rotating assembly (700), and the angle rotating assembly (700) is electrically connected with the controller.
10. An amphibious pool robot according to claim 9, characterized in that The angle rotating assembly (700) comprises a shell (701) and a first driver (704) for driving the shell (701) to rotate, two mounting seats (702) are arranged in the shell (701), a connecting shaft (703) is rotatably arranged between the two mounting seats (702), a second driver (705) is arranged in the shell (701) and used for driving the connecting shaft (703) to rotate, a sleeve is formed on one end of the pusher (201) close to the angle rotating assembly (700), the sleeve is sleeved on the connecting shaft (703), and one end of the pusher (201) away from the angle rotating assembly (700) can rotate with the connecting shaft (703).
Citation Information
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Swimming pool robot positioning device and method
CN119335519A