Dual-Display Mobile Robot Structure With Passive Heat Venting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile robots in public places struggle to provide personalized information to users and efficiently manage multiple users, as they lack the ability to adapt functions and effectively discharge heat, leading to limitations in user interaction and service delivery.
Innovation Solution
A mobile robot design featuring a modular head system for easy function expansion, integrated vent holes for passive heat dissipation, and dual displays with inclined speakers for improved user communication, allowing for enhanced user interaction and heat management without the need for active cooling systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a mobile robot uses a fixed display configuration, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the robot cannot adapt to different functions or expand capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into multiple independent display modules that can be separately configured and positioned. Each display module can be independently controlled and positioned at different locations on the robot body, allowing flexible configuration for different applications without redesigning the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
The display modules are designed with universal mounting interfaces and control protocols that allow them to be used in various configurations and positions. The same basic display module can serve different functions depending on its location and orientation, enabling the robot to adapt to multiple service scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the robot body is made larger to accommodate more components, then more functions can be integrated, but the robot becomes harder to maneuver in public places
Solution Approach 1:
Components are arranged in a nested or compact layered configuration where smaller elements are positioned within or adjacent to larger structures. The display modules are mounted on the robot body in a space-efficient manner that maximizes functional capacity while minimizing the overall footprint and maintaining maneuverability.
3Volume of moving object
If electronic components are densely packed to reduce size, then the robot is more compact, but heat dissipation becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Heat-generating electronic components are extracted from the densely packed internal structure and positioned in separate thermal zones or externally mounted locations. This separation allows for dedicated heat dissipation pathways and ventilation channels without compromising the compact overall design of the robot.
4Productivity
If multiple displays are added to handle more users, then user service capability improves, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into identical or standardized display modules that can be manufactured separately and then assembled into the final configuration. This modular approach allows for parallel manufacturing of individual modules and simplifies the assembly process, as the same mounting procedures and connection protocols apply regardless of the total number of displays installed.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The mobile robot effectively provides personalized information to multiple users, adapts to different functions, and manages heat efficiently, improving user experience and operational reliability in public environments.
Implementation Method 1
a body disposed at an upper side of the driver, and formed to include an inclined surface protruding downward at front and rear surfaces thereof; a vent hole formed at an upper side of the concave portion... so that the mobile robot can discharge heat inside the vent hole to the outside by a driving function thereof
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AI summary
A mobile robot includes a driver configured to provide a traveling function, a body disposed at an upper side of the driver, and formed to include an inclined surface protruding downward at front and rear surfaces thereof, a body frame disposed in the body, and one pair of displays coupled to the body frame, and disposed at front and rear surfaces of the body. The body frame includes body profiles disposed at left and right sides of the body frame, and formed to extend in a vertical direction, and display supports fixed to the body profiles to extend in forward and backward directions, and respectively coupled to the pair of the displays.