公开(公告)号：US20170266577A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-21

申请号：US15156939

申请日：2016-05-17

申请人： Sphero, Inc.

发明人： David Clarke ,  Douglas Webster ,  Judd Nutting ,  Miles Keeney-Ritchie ,  Adam Short ,  Ross MacGregor

IPC分类号： A63H33/00 ,  A63H30/04 ,  A63H29/22

CPC分类号： A63H33/005 ,  A63H29/22 ,  A63H30/04 ,  A63H33/26 ,  B60L11/1818 ,  B60L11/182 ,  B62D57/00 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0225

摘要： A multi-body self-propelled device can include a drive body and a coupled head. The drive body can include a spherical housing and an internal drive system within the spherical housing to propel the multi-body self-propelled device. The drive body can further include a magnet support assembly comprising a rotating portion including a plurality of magnets and a stationary portion comprising one or more magnets. The drive body can further include a yaw motor to drive the rotating portion of the magnet support assembly. The coupled head can include (i) a corresponding rotating portion comprising a plurality of magnets in magnetic interaction, through the spherical housing, with the plurality of magnets of the magnet support assembly, and (ii) a corresponding stationary portion comprising one or more magnets in magnetic interaction with the one or more magnets of the magnet support assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20190031259A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US15659169

申请日：2017-07-25

申请人： Sphero, Inc.

发明人： Gustavo Augusto Aramayo, II ,  David Clarke ,  Ross MacGregor ,  Judd Nutting

IPC分类号： B62D57/032 ,  B62D57/028 ,  B62D57/02

CPC分类号： B62D57/032 ,  A63H11/10 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B62D57/022 ,  B62D57/028

摘要： A robotic apparatus moveable between a bipod mode and a tripod mode includes a housing, a first leg and a second leg extending from the housing, and a retractable third leg positioned between the first leg and the second leg. The third leg is configured to extend from the housing in the tripod mode and retract at least partially into the housing in the bipod mode. The robotic apparatus also includes a motor disposed within the housing and a transmission system coupled between the motor and at least one of the first leg, the second leg, and the third leg. The transmission system is configured to move the robotic apparatus between the bipod mode where the first leg and the second leg support the housing and the tripod mode where the first leg, the second leg, and the third leg support the housing.

公开(公告)号：US10421510B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-24

申请号：US15659169

申请日：2017-07-25

申请人： Sphero, Inc.

发明人： Gustavo Augusto Aramayo, II ,  David Clarke ,  Ross MacGregor ,  Judd Nutting

IPC分类号： B62D57/032 ,  B62D57/028 ,  B62D57/02 ,  A63H11/10

摘要： A robotic apparatus moveable between a bipod mode and a tripod mode includes a housing, a first leg and a second leg extending from the housing, and a retractable third leg positioned between the first leg and the second leg. The third leg is configured to extend from the housing in the tripod mode and retract at least partially into the housing in the bipod mode. The robotic apparatus also includes a motor disposed within the housing and a transmission system coupled between the motor and at least one of the first leg, the second leg, and the third leg. The transmission system is configured to move the robotic apparatus between the bipod mode where the first leg and the second leg support the housing and the tripod mode where the first leg, the second leg, and the third leg support the housing.

公开(公告)号：US09968864B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15156939

申请日：2016-05-17

申请人： Sphero, Inc.

发明人： David Clarke ,  Douglas Webster ,  Judd Nutting ,  Miles Keeney-Ritchie ,  Adam Short ,  Ross MacGregor

IPC分类号： A63H33/00 ,  A63H33/26 ,  A63H29/22 ,  A63H30/04

CPC分类号： A63H33/005 ,  A63H29/22 ,  A63H30/04 ,  A63H33/26 ,  B60L11/1818 ,  B60L11/182 ,  B62D57/00 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0225

摘要： A multi-body self-propelled device can include a drive body and a coupled head. The drive body can include a spherical housing and an internal drive system within the spherical housing to propel the multi-body self-propelled device. The drive body can further include a magnet support assembly comprising a rotating portion including a plurality of magnets and a stationary portion comprising one or more magnets. The drive body can further include a yaw motor to drive the rotating portion of the magnet support assembly. The coupled head can include (i) a corresponding rotating portion comprising a plurality of magnets in magnetic interaction, through the spherical housing, with the plurality of magnets of the magnet support assembly, and (ii) a corresponding stationary portion comprising one or more magnets in magnetic interaction with the one or more magnets of the magnet support assembly.