Patent ID: 6588701
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B62D,B64C,G05D

Abstract:
An unmanned mobile device remotely-controlled to function as a robot scout to enter a site of interest and to execute a mission; said device comprising:A. an aerodynamic flying assembly provided with retractable legs serving as landing gear when the assembly lands at the site and then functions as a ground locomotion mechanism; and B. remotely-controlled means that include processor means associated with the assembly which render it operable in at least one of the following modes that includes: 1) an air-mobility mode in which the assembly is capable of flying to the site and of hovering thereover, and is also capable of vertical take-off and landing at the site, the legs then being extended to function as landing gear, 2) a ground-mobility mode in which the extended legs then function as a walking mechanism to cause the assembly to move through the site; whereby the device is capable of executing the mission.