公开(公告)号：US20240239172A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-18

申请号：US18402629

申请日：2024-01-02

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Alex J. Kossett ,  Andrew Drenner

IPC: B60K1/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K17/04 ,  F41H7/00

CPC classification number: B60K1/02 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K17/043 ,  F41H7/005

Abstract: A two wheeled throwable robot comprises an elongate robot body with an axis supporting two drive wheels and a rearward tail extending from the robot body. The robot body comprising an elongate chassis with two ends, a motor at each end, the motors connecting to the drive wheels through gear and clutch systems supported by the chassis, sensors and operational components positioned at the front of the chassis, processing circuitry, radio, memory, power control circuitry are located in the chassis such as the circuitry compartments and may be sealingly contained therein. The chassis having a main chassis body that provides enhanced structural strength by supporting the drive motors in conforming bores and having a plurality of U-shaped recesses for receiving a forward chassis body component and a battery module. Additional recesses on the ends of the main body component, along with end chassis caps define drive system compartments for gear systems and clutch mechanism that are isolated from the interior circuitry compartments and the drive motors.

公开(公告)号：US11981021B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17992750

申请日：2022-11-22

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Alex J. Kossett

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K7/00 ,  B60K17/04 ,  B60K17/12 ,  B62D57/02 ,  F41H7/00

CPC classification number: B25J13/085 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J19/0016 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B60K7/0007 ,  B60K17/043 ,  B60K17/12 ,  B62D57/02 ,  F41H7/005 ,  B25J19/023 ,  B60K2007/0092

Abstract: A two wheeled throwable robot comprises an elongate chassis with two ends, a motor at each end, drive wheels connected to the motors, and a tail extending from the elongate chassis. The throwable robot includes a pair of torque limiting mechanisms, each torque limiting mechanism being operatively coupled between a motor and a drive wheel. Each torque limiting mechanism comprises a drive flange portion, a driven flange portion and a plurality of rollers. A spring element provides a ring force that biases the rollers toward the driven flange portion.

公开(公告)号：US20210170851A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-10

申请号：US17094709

申请日：2020-11-10

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Alex J. Kossett ,  Andrew Drenner ,  Luke William Bromback

IPC: B60K1/02 ,  F41H7/00

Abstract: A two wheeled robot with a pair of motorized wheels mounted on each end of a body and a rearwardly extending tail. The body comprising a chassis with sides and exterior side surfaces and providing an accessory mounting interface. The interface having a matrixical arrangement of threaded holes and one or more landings, the landings having an outwardly facing planar landing surface with hole openings at the landing surface. An accessory with a robot mounting interface cooperates with the chassis at the accessory mounting interface such that prior to fastening the accessory has a single degree of freedom of movement. Screws extend through portions of the accessory into select ones of the threaded holes of the matrixical arrangement.

公开(公告)号：US20190054641A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-21

申请号：US15998672

申请日：2018-08-15

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Alex J. Kossett ,  Andrew Drenner

IPC: B25J19/02 ,  B62D57/02 ,  B60R16/023 ,  B25J5/00

Abstract: A two wheeled throwable robot comprises an elongate chassis with two ends, a motor at each end, drive wheels connected to the motors, and a tail extending from the elongate chassis. The throwable robot includes an enable/disable arrangement comprising a pair of magnets generating a magnetic field and a magnetic field sensor positioned in proximity to the pair of magnets. The sensor is activated upon the occurrence of a specific modification of the magnetic field. The throwable robot may include a key member formed of a material to modify the magnetic field to enable the robot.

公开(公告)号：US20160202694A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-14

申请号：US14823735

申请日：2015-08-11

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Robert S. MALECKI ,  Lue HER ,  Ryan S. THOMPSON ,  Anthony H. GIANG

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G01C21/16 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G06K9/0063 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/0676 ,  G05D1/101 ,  G06T7/136 ,  G06T7/194 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/30204

Abstract: A system for localizing an autonomous vehicle to a target area can include a position indicator adapted for association with the vehicle in a three dimensional configuration, a detection device configured to detect the position indicator, a computation device configured to compute a position of the vehicle based on the detected position indicator and the relationship of the configuration to the vehicle orientation, a transmitter configured to receive information from the computation device and produce a signal carrying the information, a receiver configured to receive the signal from the transmitter and filter the information therefrom, and a control system configured for association with and control of one or more directional control components of the vehicle, the control being based on the information received from the receiver relating to localizing the vehicle to the target area. A method of for localizing a vehicle to a target area is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220362951A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17729239

申请日：2022-04-26

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Casey R. Carlson ,  Andrew Drenner ,  Alex J. Kossett ,  Ian T. Burt

IPC: B25J19/02 ,  B62D57/02 ,  B62D61/00 ,  B60B9/10 ,  B25J5/00

Abstract: A robot has an electronic surveillance system embedded within a chassis disposed between two wheels. The wheels include a main body and a plurality of treads. The treads are generally disposed radially around the main body and extend distally from outer portion of the main body. The main body generally defines a plurality of compression cells and may present a substantially frustoconical outer surface.

公开(公告)号：US10987818B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US15998672

申请日：2018-08-15

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Alex J. Kossett ,  Andrew Drenner

IPC: B25J19/02 ,  B62D57/02 ,  B60R16/023 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G07C9/00 ,  F41H7/00 ,  B60K1/02

Abstract: A two wheeled throwable robot comprises an elongate chassis with two ends, a motor at each end, drive wheels connected to the motors, and a tail extending from the elongate chassis. The throwable robot includes an enable/disable arrangement comprising a pair of magnets generating a magnetic field and a magnetic field sensor positioned in proximity to the pair of magnets. The sensor is activated upon the occurrence of a specific modification of the magnetic field. The throwable robot may include a key member formed of a material to modify the magnetic field to enable the robot.

公开(公告)号：US20210078188A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US16909406

申请日：2020-06-23

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Casey R. Carlson ,  Andrew Drenner ,  Alex J. Kossett ,  Ian T. Burt

IPC: B25J19/02 ,  B62D57/02 ,  B62D61/00 ,  B60B9/10 ,  B25J5/00

Abstract: A robot has an electronic surveillance system embedded within a chassis disposed between two wheels. The wheels include a main body and a plurality of treads. The treads are generally disposed radially around the main body and extend distally from outer portion of the main body. The main body generally defines a plurality of compression cells and may present a substantially frustoconical outer surface.

公开(公告)号：US20210070160A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US16902929

申请日：2020-06-16

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Matthew M. Sellner ,  Alex J. Kossett ,  Jade Moreau ,  Andrew Drenner ,  Steve Gigl

IPC: B60K1/04 ,  B62D61/00 ,  B62D57/00 ,  B60K17/04 ,  B60K7/00 ,  B62D57/02 ,  B60K1/02

Abstract: A two wheeled throwable robot comprises an elongate chassis with two ends, a motor at each end, drive wheels connected to the motors, and a tail extending from the elongate chassis. A rear portion having a deep recess securing the pair of motors with brackets, and batteries with brackets. The forward part having a shallow recess with a printed circuit board secured therein having control circuitry. The wheels are less than six inches in diameter and the robot weighs less than five pounds.

公开(公告)号：US10526029B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US15998837

申请日：2018-08-15

Applicant: ReconRobotics, Inc.

Inventor： Alex J. Kossett ,  Andrew Drenner

IPC: B62D57/02 ,  B60R16/023 ,  F41H7/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60K1/02 ,  B60K1/04 ,  B62D61/00 ,  B62D57/04

Abstract: A two wheeled robot with a pair of motorized wheels mounted on each end of a body and a rearwardly extending tail. The body comprising a chassis with sides and exterior side surfaces and providing an accessory mounting interface. The interface having a matrixical arrangement of threaded holes and one or more landings, the landings having an outwardly facing planar landing surface with hole openings at the landing surface. An accessory with a robot mounting interface cooperates with the chassis at the accessory mounting interface such that prior to fastening the accessory has a single degree of freedom of movement. Screws extend through portions of the accessory into select ones of the threaded holes of the matrixical arrangement.