ROBOT AUTONOME INDOOR A MAINTENANCE AISEE
By using large, easy-to-remove protective plates arranged in a 'Russian dolls' format, the maintenance challenges of indoor autonomous mobile vehicles are addressed, allowing for efficient and cost-effective access to internal components while maintaining structural integrity.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- FR2023011170
- Authority / Receiving Office
- FR · FR
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-10-16
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-18
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
AI Technical Summary
Existing indoor autonomous mobile vehicles require complex and costly maintenance procedures, often necessitating the disassembly of the entire vehicle to access internal components, which is not feasible for all architectures and is time-consuming.
The implementation of large, easy-to-remove protective plates arranged in a 'Russian dolls' format, allowing for simplified access to internal components by gradually decreasing in size to accommodate tools, thereby facilitating maintenance without disassembling the entire vehicle.
This solution enables efficient and cost-effective maintenance by providing large access hatches that maintain the structural rigidity of the robot, simplifying the maintenance process and preventing confusion during reassembly.
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Abstract
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Title of the invention: AUTONOMOUS INDOOR ROBOT WITH EASY MAINTENANCE Technical field of the invention
[0001] The technical field of the invention is that of indoor autonomous mobile vehicles, in particular vehicles which can be deployed within infrastructures such as factories, logistics centers, hospitals or public places without requiring substantial modifications to these infrastructures. Technological background
[0002] Autonomous mobile vehicles, better known by the English acronym AIV for Autonomous Intelligent Vehicles or AMR for Autonomous Mobile Robot, are robots designed to move around warehouses, production centers, logistics centers, etc., in free navigation, without guidance elements and without piloting. These robots thus make it possible to transport goods from one point to another in the warehouse, without external intervention or supervision.
[0003] Maintenance of AIVs is a necessity. Whether it is for checking proper functioning or replacing defective components. Most AIVs on the market suffer from complex maintenance procedures. This is partly due to compact structures and designs whose maintenance is carried out by professionals or the manufacturer himself.
[0004] The most common solution is to have to dismantle the entire body of the vehicle to access the elements.
[0005] This solution is not suitable for the architecture of all mobile robots and involves significant cost and operating time. Objective of the invention
[0006] The objective of the invention is to overcome the drawbacks of prior solutions. Statement of the invention
[0007] To do this, the invention consists of placing several large and easy-to-remove protective plates to provide ample access to the interior of the robot in a “Russian doll” format.
[0008] We have placed 3 large plates allowing easy access on top of the robot. Their dimensions gradually decrease to allow the passage of a tool and thus to easily dismantle the plate located below.
[0009] The main characteristic of the invention is the organization of the maintenance hatches, their large size without affecting the rigidity of the assembly, and the superposition of these plates. This is what allows simplified access for maintenance.
[0010] In addition, the progressive reduction of dimensions to allow the passage of tools such as a screwdriver is secondary, which greatly facilitates the intervention. This organization also makes it possible not to confuse the plates during reassembly.
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