公开(公告)号：US20220408952A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17825721

申请日：2022-05-26

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Minhee LEE ,  Sanghyun KANG ,  Hyunsuk KWAK ,  Donghan KOO

IPC: A47G23/02 ,  B25J11/00

Abstract: A cup holding apparatus and a serving robot including the cup holding apparatus are provided. The cup holding apparatus may include a first support member configured to support a cup and having a lower surface that has convex shape; a second support member having an upper surface that has a concave shape and faces the lower surface of the first support member; a third plate provided between the first support member and the second support member; and a plurality of rolling members that pass through and are rotatably supported by the third plate, and contact the lower surface of the first support member and the upper surface of the second support member.

公开(公告)号：US20250136422A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18912062

申请日：2024-10-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Minhee LEE ,  Sanghyun KANG ,  Hyunsuk KWAK ,  Jaemyung CHO

IPC: B66F11/04 ,  B66F17/00

Abstract: A scissor lift includes: a fixed plate; a lifting plate above the fixed plate; a pair of scissor arms between the fixed plate and the lifting plate and having an X shape, the pair of scissor arms including a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm, each of the first scissor arm and the second scissor arm including a fixed end fixed to the fixed plate and a moving end configured to move linearly with respect to the fixed plate; a motor configured to move the moving end of the first scissor arm and the moving end of the second scissor arm; a load reduction device configured to reduce a load applied to the motor in a case where the lifting plate descends, wherein the load reduction device includes a plurality of elastic bodies on the moving end of the first scissor arm and connected in series.

公开(公告)号：US20220410649A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17752528

申请日：2022-05-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Donghan KOO ,  Sanghyun KANG ,  Suwon-si KWAK ,  Minhee LEE

IPC: B60G21/05 ,  B60G11/36 ,  B60G7/00 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A driving robot device is provided. The driving robot device may include a plurality of suspensions configured to absorb a shock applied by a driving surface on which the driving robot device drives; a first driving part that includes a motor and is configured to adjust a strength of the plurality of suspensions; and at least one processor configured to control the first driving part to adjust the strength of the plurality of suspensions based on driving surface information with respect to a state of driving surface, and based on food information with respect to a state of food carried by the driving robot device.

公开(公告)号：US20240100711A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18529557

申请日：2023-12-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Donghan KOO ,  Sanghyun KANG ,  Hyunsuk KWAK ,  Minhee LEE

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B25J9/16

CPC classification number: B25J11/008 ,  B25J9/1612 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/1651 ,  B25J9/1697

Abstract: A serving robot and a control method thereof are disclosed. The serving robot includes a main body, a loading part on which food is loaded, an arm of which one end is rotatably connected to the main body, and the other end is rotatably connected to the loading part, a driving part, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the driving part so that the loading part maintains horizontality at the time of a forward rotation or a backward rotation of the arm.

公开(公告)号：US20230205220A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18111356

申请日：2023-02-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sanghyun KANG ,  Dongeui SHIN ,  Minhee LEE ,  Hyunsuk KWAK

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60L53/30 ,  B60L53/36

CPC classification number: G05D1/0225 ,  B60L53/30 ,  B60L53/36 ,  G05D1/0236

Abstract: Disclosed are a robot, a charging station, and a robot charging system comprising same. The charging station of the present disclosure may comprise: at least one indicator; at least one reflector configured to reflect light received from the outside to the at least one indicator; an interface configured to dock an external device; and a processor that, when it is detected that the external device is docked in the interface, supplies power to the docked external device through the interface. In addition, the robot of the present disclosure may comprise: a driver; a sensor; and a processor is configured to, when light irradiated to a charging station by means of a light emitter of the sensor is reflected by at least one indicator of the charging station and then received by a light detector of the sensor, perform alignment for docking on the charging station on the basis of a pattern of the reflected light, and after performing the alignment, control the driver such that the robot may be docked on the charging station.

公开(公告)号：US20230084455A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17964285

申请日：2022-10-12

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sanghyun KANG ,  Hyunjoong LEE ,  Dongjun CHOI ,  Boseok MOON

IPC: B60G17/0165 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60G17/019

Abstract: A driving robot includes a sensor, a loading member configured to load food, a stabilizer provided at a bottom portion of the loading member, the stabilizer including a top plate, a bottom plate, and damping plates provided between the top plate and the bottom plate, the damping plates configured to adjust damping, a driving device including a suspension and a wheel, and a processor configured to control the stabilizer and the suspension based on information of at least one of information associated with the food, information obtained from a driving map or information of surrounding situation detected by the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20250114938A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18798010

申请日：2024-08-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sanghyun KANG ,  Dongsik YUN ,  Boseok MOON

IPC: B25J9/16

Abstract: A robot and a controlling method thereof are provided. The robot includes: a driver; first and second communication interfaces; a memory storing instructions; and a processors configured to execute the instructions and cause the robot to: based on receiving an instruction to move to a second floor from a first floor, control the robot to board an elevator, based on identifying that the elevator is stopped, obtain through the first communication interface Wi-Fi device identification information, identify whether a floor on which the elevator is stopped is the second floor based on the Wi-Fi device identification information, based on identifying that the elevator is stopped on the second floor, identify whether the elevator door is open based on a RSSI value of a signal received through the second communication interface, and based on identifying that the elevator door is open, control the robot to get off the elevator.

公开(公告)号：US20230271658A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-31

申请号：US18144486

申请日：2023-05-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jaemyung CHO ,  Donghan KOO ,  Sanghyun KANG ,  Hyunsuk KWAK ,  Minhee LEE

IPC: B62D63/04 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/02

CPC classification number: B62D63/04 ,  B25J11/008 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J19/023

Abstract: A serving robot apparatus is disclosed. The serving robot apparatus includes: a main body; a first driving device which moves the main body; a first sidewall and a second sidewall which are supported by the main body and are arranged so that one surfaces thereof face each other; a plurality of guide rails which are respectively arranged on one surface of the first sidewall in the horizontal direction and are spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction; a plurality of link members of which end portions are connected to one surface of the second sidewall so as to be rotatable on the horizontal plane; a plurality of plates each having one side connected to the intermediate region of each guide rail and the other side connected to the other side of each link member; and a second driving device which respectively rotates the plurality of link members so that the plurality of plates respectively move along the plurality of guide rails.

公开(公告)号：US20210154830A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16951360

申请日：2020-11-18

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minhee LEE ,  Jaemyung CHO ,  Sanghyun KANG ,  Hyunsuk KWAK ,  Baeseok LIM ,  Jaehong KIM

IPC: B25J9/10 ,  B25J9/00 ,  F16H1/32

Abstract: A planetary gear transmission device is provided. The planetary gear transmission device includes a planetary gear device including a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of planet gears, and a carrier, a motor to generate a rotational force input to the planetary gear device and including a motor shaft and a motor body, a fixing bracket formed to fix any one of the sun gear, the ring gear, or the carrier of the planetary gear device to prevent rotation, and a recursive rotation bracket provided with the motor and fixed to one of the parts of the planetary gear device, which is not fixed by the fixing bracket, wherein when one of the parts of the planetary gear device connected to the motor shaft is rotated by the motor shaft, the motor body is rotated by the recursive rotation bracket and the rotational force of the motor shaft is output through the recursive rotation bracket.