Patent ID: 6105695
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B62D,Y10S

Abstract:
An automated crawling robot system for traversing about an object with a range of motion of 360 degrees, comprising:a platform;a first leg assembly slidably coupled to the platform and rotatably coupled to the platform and having an intermittent coupling device for intermittently coupling the first leg assembly to the object and a first ball screw and receiver system;a second leg assembly slidably coupled to the platform and having an intermittent coupling device for intermittently coupling the second leg assembly to the object and a second ball screw and receiver system;a motor for driving the first and second ball screw and receiver systems;wherein said first ball screw is located opposite the second ball screw, has an opposite pitch from the second ball screw, and is attached to the second ball screw so that the motor can drive both ball screws; anda rotary motor for rotatably traversing the second leg assembly relative to the platform.