Patent ID: 8720614
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B25J,B62D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A robotic wheeled vehicle comprising: a first wheel and a mechanism associated to the first wheel, the mechanism supporting one or more instruments and/or sensors, wherein the mechanism is configured to assume: and wherein when collapsed, the mechanism with the one or more instruments and/or sensors is housed in at least one instrument/sensor case, hub or bay, the mechanism being a single degree-of freedom four-bar mechanism, wherein: the mechanism includes a head portion, a pair of supporting members, a first set of two parallel bars and a second set of two parallel bars, wherein the supporting members are spaced apart at a set distance from each other and fixedly connected to a respective instrument/sensor case, hub or bay, a first end of the first set of parallel bars is pivotally hinged to the head portion, a second end of the first set of two parallel bars is pivotally hinged to a respective supporting member, a first end of the second set of parallel bars is pivotally hinged to the head portion, and a second end of the second set of two parallel bars is connected with a rotating shaft rigidly fixed to a driving wheel of a gear.