Robot Battery Compartment Limiting Mechanism for Multi-Model Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
The lack of uniformity in robot models makes it difficult to design battery compartments that can accommodate different robot models, limiting the efficiency and versatility of energy storage solutions.
Innovation Solution
A modular limit device with a first connecting member, transmission rod, and second connecting member, which includes indexing buckles and limiting grooves, allowing the device to be externally mounted on robots to lock or unlock battery components, enabling adaptable energy storage solutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If robot models are designed with non-uniform structures to meet diverse application requirements, then adaptability to different tasks is improved, but the complexity of designing universal battery compartments increases
Solution Approach 1:
The limiting device is designed as a universal solution that can be applied to different robot models with varying battery compartment configurations. The device includes a connecting member with limiting grooves that can accommodate different transmission rod positions, enabling the same limiting device to work across multiple robot models without requiring model-specific designs.
Solution Approach 2:
The limiting device is divided into separate functional components: a connecting member with limiting grooves, a transmission rod with positioning features, and indexing buckles. This segmentation allows each component to be independently designed and optimized, simplifying the overall design process while maintaining adaptability to different robot configurations.
2Reliability
If custom battery compartments are designed for each robot model to ensure proper fit and function, then energy storage performance is improved, but the time and cost required for design and manufacturing increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single limiting device design serves multiple robot models, eliminating the need to manufacture different limiting devices for each model. The universal design maintains reliable energy storage performance across all applications while significantly reducing manufacturing complexity and costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The limiting device accommodates different robot models by utilizing parameter variations in the transmission rod positioning rather than changing the overall device structure. The indexing buckles and limiting grooves can adapt to different rod positions, allowing the same device to maintain reliable performance across varying parameters.
3Ease of manufacture
If a standardized battery compartment design is used across all robot models to simplify manufacturing, then ease of manufacture is improved, but the adaptability to different robot configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The limiting device incorporates dynamic elements such as the transmission rod that can be positioned at different locations and the indexing buckles that can engage with different limiting grooves. This dynamic capability allows a standardized device design to adapt to various robot configurations, maintaining compatibility across different models without sacrificing manufacturing simplicity.
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AI summary
The disclosure provides a limit device and a robot using the same. The limit device comprises a first connecting member, a transmission rod and a second connecting member. The first connecting member comprising a first main body portion and two first connecting elements. The two first connecting elements are arranged at intervals. The two first connecting elements are respectively connected to the first main body. The transmission rod comprising a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end are arranged at intervals. The first end penetrates through one of the two first connecting elements. The second end penetrates through the other one of the two first connecting element. The second connecting member provided with two indexing buckles. The two indexing buckles are arranged at intervals, each of the indexing buckles comprises a first limiting groove and a second limiting groove.