Patent ID: 11857478
Assignee: BLUE OCEAN ROBOTICS, APS
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A patient lifting robot comprising:
a frame configured to lift and carry persons and be adjustable in a height and a width, wherein the frame includes
two vertical telescopically adjustable columns configured to control the height of the frame with one of electrical and hydraulic actuators, the two vertical telescopically adjustable columns being configurable in an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration having a shorter vertical length than the extended configuration, and
one horizontal telescopically adjustable beam configured to control the width of the frame with one of electrical and hydraulic actuators;

a base assembly below each of the two vertical telescopically adjustable columns, each of the base assemblies comprising an omni-directional driving mechanism configured to move the robot in any direction on a surface; and
a battery plug module configured to electrically mate with an external battery charging module capable of charging a battery power supply in a battery housing of the patient lifting robot; and
wherein collapsing the two vertical telescopically adjustable columns of the patient lifting robot to the collapsed configuration is configured to align the patient lifting robot with the external battery charging module to thereby charge the battery power supply in the battery housing.