Composite Climb Structure for Robotic Vehicle Traversal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing robotic vehicles lack mechanisms to efficiently traverse both planar surfaces and elevated locations while carrying payloads, often requiring cumbersome and time-intensive manual interventions, and suffer from issues like slippage and incorrect angle approaches.
Innovation Solution
A composite climb structure comprising a climber, a horizontal structure, and a ramp, where the climber is pressed by a robotic vehicle to align its angle of elevation with the ramp, facilitating smooth transition from horizontal to elevated surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If robotic vehicles use existing climbing mechanisms, then they can traverse elevated locations, but they suffer from slippage and incorrect angle of approach
Solution Approach 1:
The climber structure is designed to be dynamically adjustable, allowing it to change its angle of elevation from an initial position to a final position that matches the ramp's angle. This dynamic adjustment ensures correct angle of approach alignment between the climber and ramp, eliminating slippage and traversal issues while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the geometric parameter of the climber's angle of elevation to match the ramp's angle. By adjusting the climber's angle parameter to be equal to the ramp's angle of elevation, the system achieves proper alignment for smooth traversal, resolving the incorrect angle of approach problem.
2Adaptability or versatility
If robotic vehicles are deployed for both floor navigation and elevated traversal, then they can serve multiple functions, but the system requires two or more separate sets of vehicles
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic vehicle is designed with universal traversal capability by integrating both floor navigation wheels and a climber mechanism with ramp interface. This single vehicle design can handle both planar surfaces and elevated locations, eliminating the need for separate vehicle sets and reducing system complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the floor navigation function and elevated traversal function into a single robotic vehicle system. By combining the horizontal movement capability with the vertical climbing mechanism and ramp interface, the system achieves multi-environment traversal with one vehicle type instead of requiring multiple specialized vehicles.
3Reliability
If manual transfer of payload to climbing vehicles is used, then elevated traversal is achieved, but the process is cumbersome and time-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The robotic vehicle performs self-service by autonomously transitioning from floor navigation to vertical climbing without requiring manual intervention for payload transfer. The vehicle's integrated climber mechanism handles the elevation change automatically, eliminating cumbersome manual operations and improving traversal speed while maintaining reliable payload delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention enables continuous traversal action by allowing the robotic vehicle to move seamlessly from the horizontal floor surface through the climber mechanism onto the ramp leading to elevated locations. This continuous motion eliminates interruptions and manual transfer steps, significantly improving productivity while ensuring reliable payload delivery throughout the entire traversal path.
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AI summary
A composite climb structure includes a climber, a horizontal planar structure, and a ramp coupled on to a base plate. The horizontal planar structure and the ramp are collinearly situated on opposite sides of the climber. The climber is pressed by a robotic vehicle moving on to it from the horizontal planar structure, the climber being pressed to a final position, wherein the angle of elevation (BOC) of the climber is same as the angle of elevation of the ramp, thereby facilitating traversal of the robotic vehicle from the horizontal planar structure on to the ramp.