Patent ID: 8079432
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: B25J,B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A robot capable of addressing various obstacles, the robot comprising: a chassis defining a central open volume and having a chassis center of gravity; a steerable drive supporting the chassis; a set of driven flippers, each flipper having a proximal end, a distal end, and a flipper center of gravity therebetween, each the proximal end of each flipper coupled to the chassis near the leading end of the chassis; a neck having a pivot end, a distal end, and a neck center of gravity therebetween, the neck pivotable about a second pivot axis substantially at the leading end of the chassis, having at least two tilt axis actuators along a length thereof; and a sensor head at the distal end of the neck, the head having a pivot end, a distal end, and a head center of gravity therebetween, the head pivotable with respect to the neck about a third pivot axis at the distal end of the neck; the neck and sensor head being movable between different configurations including: