Modular Mounting Rack for Underwater Robot Instrument Versatility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional underwater robots lack the versatility to carry various detection instruments simultaneously due to the absence of corresponding mounting positions, limiting their universality and effectiveness in different detection tasks.
Innovation Solution
A device carrying platform for underwater robots, featuring a mounting rack with multiple mounting seats, protective screens, and a modular design that includes anti-collision rings, rubber gaskets, an emergent upward floating module, video collecting components, and marking components, allowing for the secure and versatile mounting of diverse instruments and devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional underwater robot design is used, then the robot structure is simple, but the robot cannot carry various detection instruments simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The robot body is divided into functional modules including a mounting rack with multiple mounting seats, protective screens, and instrument compartments. This segmentation allows different detection instruments to be independently mounted and removed without redesigning the entire robot structure, thereby improving versatility while maintaining manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting rack is designed with multiple universal mounting seats that can accommodate various types of detection instruments. The standardized mounting interfaces and adjustable positions enable a single robot platform to perform multiple detection functions by simply changing the mounted instruments, resolving the contradiction between versatility and structural complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple detection apparatuses are carried on the robot, then the detection capability is improved, but the available space on the robot body is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting rack extends vertically and utilizes three-dimensional space efficiently. Multiple mounting seats are arranged at different heights and positions on the rack structure, allowing instruments to be mounted in vertical and horizontal dimensions simultaneously. This spatial arrangement maximizes the use of available robot body space while accommodating multiple detection apparatuses.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting rack itself is a compact structure that can be integrated within or attached to the robot body. The rack design allows for nested arrangement of mounting seats and instrument compartments, optimizing space utilization by placing components within the existing robot footprint rather than requiring additional external space.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mounting positions are added to the robot, then the universality is improved, but the structural complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting seats are designed with standardized universal interfaces that can accommodate various instrument types. This standardization reduces the need for custom mounting structures for each instrument, thereby improving universality while actually simplifying the overall mounting system design and reducing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple mounting functions are combined into a single integrated mounting rack structure. The rack incorporates multiple mounting seats, protective screens, and adjustment mechanisms in one unified design, reducing the number of separate components and simplifying the overall robot structure while providing versatile mounting capabilities.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the carrying capacity and versatility of underwater robots by enabling the simultaneous mounting of multiple instruments, protecting against water damage and collisions, and facilitating emergency floating and improved underwater operation with enhanced visibility and positioning.
Implementation Method 1
the first butting part includes a spring and a first butting plate, the first butting plate is connected to the groove wall of the mounting groove via the spring
Implementation Method 2
the second butting part includes a second butting plate, a screw, a twisting plate, a fixing rope and a winch. The second butting plate is arranged in the mounting groove, one end of the screw penetrates through the groove wall of the mounting groove and is rotatably connected with the second butting plate, the screw is in threaded fit with the groove wall of the mounting groove
Implementation Method 3
A side wall of the mounting seat is provided with a rubber ring in a sleeved manner, a hole wall of the mounting hole is provided with a positioning ring, and the rubber ring is matched with the positioning ring
Implementation Method 4
the device carrying platform based on an underwater robot further includes an emergent upward floating module, the emergent upward floating module including an air box, an air tank, a valve and a rubber ball
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a device carrying platform based on an underwater robot. The device carrying platform comprises a mounting rack and more than two mounting seats. The mounting rack comprises a mounting plate and more than two mounting columns fixed to the bottom of the mounting plate, the mounting plate is provided with a plurality of mounting holes, the mounting plate is hinged with a protective screen, the protective screen is provided with an opening, and the opening is hinged with a screen door. The plurality of mounting seats arranged on the mounting rack can be used for mounting devices and instruments of various models, and a first butting part and a second butting part in a mounting groove are matched with each other, so that devices and instruments needed to be mounted are fixed.