CN213323421U

CN213323421U - Unmanned article transport vehicle

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Publication number: CN213323421U
Application number: CN202021408287.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李君华; 王蕾
Original assignee: Wuhan Institute of Technology
Current assignee: Wuhan Institute of Technology
Priority date: 2020-07-16
Filing date: 2020-07-16
Publication date: 2021-06-01
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-16

Abstract

The utility model relates to an unmanned article transport vehicle, which comprises a driving mechanism and a spherical vehicle body formed by splicing an upper hemispherical structure and a lower hemispherical structure, wherein the upper hemispherical structure and the lower hemispherical structure enclose a storage bin for storing articles; the driving mechanism comprises an arc-shaped balance belt and two driving parts used for driving the spherical vehicle body to rotate, the driving parts comprise driving claws capable of grabbing the spherical vehicle body and driving motors used for driving the driving claws to rotate, the balance belt surrounds and is suspended above the upper hemispherical structure, two end parts of the balance belt extend to two ends of one diameter of a round connecting surface of the upper hemispherical structure and the lower hemispherical structure, and the part of the driving claw of each driving part, which deviates from the spherical vehicle body, is mounted at one end part of the balance belt. The utility model discloses an optimize unmanned travelling bogie's structure, adopt spherical structure's transport vechicle, changed four current wheels and added the conventional structure of automobile body, can greatly save the cost.

Description

Unmanned article transport vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an article transportation technical field specifically is an unmanned article transport vechicle.

Background

With the development of society and the advancement of technology, people gradually use machines to replace manual work. As in the transportation industry, particularly the logistics industry, unmanned transportation carts have been increasingly used instead of manual delivery of couriers. Unmanned travelling bogie can accurately walk to express delivery department according to the navigation automatically, then the staff only need inform the consignee to get goods to dolly department can, has greatly alleviateed staff's work burden.

However, the existing transport carriages are similar to conventional car shapes and at best are only smaller in size than cars. Although sparrows are small and have all five internal organs, the cost of an unmanned transport trolley is high, the development of the transport industry is restricted, and the sparrows cannot be popularized at present.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an unmanned article transport vechicle can solve prior art's partial defect at least.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present invention provides the following technical solutions: an unmanned article transport vehicle comprises a driving mechanism and a spherical vehicle body formed by splicing an upper hemispherical structure and a lower hemispherical structure, wherein the upper hemispherical structure and the lower hemispherical structure enclose a storage bin for storing articles; actuating mechanism includes curved balanced area and is used for ordering about two drive division of spherical automobile body pivoted, the drive division is including can grasping the drive pawl of spherical automobile body and being used for ordering about drive pawl pivoted driving motor, balanced area encircles and hangs and locates go up the top of hemisphere structure, just two tip in balanced area extend to go up hemisphere structure with the both ends of one of them diameter of the circular joint face of hemisphere structure down, each the drive division the drive pawl deviates from the position of spherical automobile body is installed one of them tip in balanced area.

Further, the driving part also comprises a power box, a driving shaft and a storage battery for providing power for the driving motor are arranged in the power box, the driving claw is connected with the driving motor through the driving shaft, and the direction from one end part to the other end part of the balance belt is consistent with the length direction of the driving shaft.

Furthermore, the upper hemisphere structure and the lower hemisphere structure are both two layers, the outer layer is a protective layer, and the inner layer is the storage bin.

Further, the protective layer is detachably mounted on the storage bin.

Furthermore, a plurality of bulges are uniformly arranged on the surface of the upper hemispherical structure and the surface of the lower hemispherical structure.

Further, a camera is arranged on the balance belt.

Further, a laser radar is arranged on the balance belt.

Further, a lighting lamp is arranged on the balance belt.

Further, the upper hemisphere structure and the lower hemisphere structure are connected through magnetic adsorption of an electromagnet.

Further, the storage bin is filled with sponge.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: an unmanned article transport vehicle is characterized in that the structure of the unmanned transport vehicle is optimized, the transport vehicle with a spherical structure is adopted, the conventional structure of four wheels and a vehicle body is changed, and the cost can be greatly saved; but also can utilize the characteristics that the spherical structure can roll and is labor-saving, can save energy sources and ensure that the transport vehicle can have more lasting endurance.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an unmanned article transportation vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a side view of an unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention (see-through balance belt);

fig. 3 is an exploded schematic view of an unmanned transport vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention;

in the reference symbols: 1-a spherical vehicle body; 10-upper hemisphere structure; 11-lower hemisphere structure; 12-a storage bin; 13-a protective layer; 14-a bump; 2-a balancing zone; 30-a drive shaft; 31-a drive pawl; 32-a storage battery; 40-laser radar; 41-lighting lamp; 42-camera.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, an unmanned transport vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a driving mechanism, and a spherical vehicle body 1 formed by splicing an upper hemispherical structure 10 and a lower hemispherical structure 11, where the upper hemispherical structure 10 and the lower hemispherical structure 11 enclose a storage bin 12 for storing articles; actuating mechanism includes curved balanced area 2 and is used for driving two drive division of spherical automobile body 1 pivoted, the drive division is including can grasping the drive pawl 31 of spherical automobile body 1 and being used for driving drive pawl 31 pivoted driving motor, balanced area 2 encircle and hang and locate the top of last hemisphere structure 10, just two tip of balanced area 2 extend to go up hemisphere structure 10 with the both ends of one of them diameter of the circular connection face of hemisphere structure 11 down, each the drive pawl 31 of drive division deviates from the position of spherical automobile body is installed one of them tip of balanced area 2. In the embodiment, compared with the existing unmanned transport trolley, the only difference is that the existing structural form of four wheels plus one trolley body is broken, the spherical trolley body 1 is adopted, the storage bin 12 is arranged in the spherical trolley body 1, goods to be transported can be placed in the storage bin, and then the spherical trolley body is driven to move through the driving mechanism. Overall, compared with the existing unmanned transport trolley, the characteristics of wheels, suspensions and the like which can appear on a conventional unmanned transport trolley are reduced, and further the material cost is greatly saved. Besides the structure, the existing unmanned transport vehicle is directly taken by the built-in transport system, such as a storage map, a built-in GPS positioning device and the like, and can be controlled by a worker, and how the worker controls the existing unmanned transport vehicle can control the unmanned transport vehicle, such as receiving and processing signals, converting the signals into related data, sending instructions, controlling steering (leftward and rightward), moving directions (forward and backward), starting and stopping, and realizing self-bypassing of obstacles and the like. Due to the difference in structure, the power supply block is also different from the power supply of the existing unmanned transport trolley. Since the present invention is the spherical vehicle body 1, the driving needs to be given to the horizontal axis of the spherical vehicle body 1 so as to control the rotation of the spherical vehicle body 1, and then when putting the goods into the present spherical vehicle body 1, it is necessary to consider whether the goods are the goods that can be shaken, for example, the goods that are not afraid of shaking such as clothes rack, shoes, clothes, etc., and the present spherical vehicle body 1 can be used for transportation. The driving mode is that a driving claw 31 is arranged on a balance belt 2 which is suspended above the upper hemispherical structure 10, the driving claw 31 is driven by a driving motor, the driving claw 31 is preferably of a three-claw type and can grab the spherical vehicle body 1, when the spherical vehicle body 1 rotates, the spherical vehicle body 1 can be driven to move together, the balance belt 2 has the function of providing balance, the spherical vehicle body 1 can only rotate forwards or backwards according to the mode shown in figure 1, and therefore the transportation system can conveniently navigate and accurately go to a specified place according to a specified route. Of course, after optimizing the form of the driving mechanism, the spherical vehicle body 1 can be freely rolled, not only the rolling track of one vertical circle in the embodiment, but also the embodiment only exemplifies the driving form.

As an optimization scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, the driving portion further includes a power box, a driving shaft 30 and a battery 32 for providing power to the driving motor are disposed in the power box, the driving pawl 31 is connected to the driving motor through the driving shaft 30, and a direction from one end portion to the other end portion of the balance belt 2 is consistent with a length direction of the driving shaft. In this embodiment, the driving form is electric driving, and the storage battery 32 can be adopted, but the unmanned transportation vehicle realized by the method also adopts the storage battery 32 to supply power, but because the size is large, and the rolling of the conventional four wheels, compared with the spherical vehicle body 1 of this embodiment, the spherical vehicle body 1 can roll, the driving force is small, and further the cruising ability is better. Certainly, the unmanned transport vehicle also has a braking system which is the same as that of the existing unmanned transport vehicle, and can be stopped when needed, and the unmanned transport vehicle can brake by stopping the action of the driving claw 31.

As an optimized scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, the upper hemisphere structure 10 and the lower hemisphere structure 11 have two layers, the outer layer is the protective layer 13, and the inner layer is the storage bin 12. In this embodiment, the spherical vehicle body 1 includes two layers, the outer layer is the protective layer 13, and the inner layer is the storage bin 12. The storage bin 12 can be protected by the protective layer 13, the protective layer 13 is preferably made of rubber, and is similar to a tire of a wheel, and the surface of the protective layer can be designed to be anti-skid, for example, a plurality of protrusions 14 are uniformly arranged on the surface of the upper hemispherical structure 10 and the surface of the lower hemispherical structure 11, so that the ground gripping capability is improved, rolling can be easier, and stopping is easier when power is not supplied. Preferably, the storage chamber 12 is made of ABS plastic.

Further optimizing the above scheme, the protective layer 13 is detachably mounted on the storage bin 12. In this embodiment, the removable mounting allows replacement of the protective layer 13 when needed. The detachable form may be a snap connection, or may be other detachable forms in the prior art, which is not limited in this embodiment.

As an optimization scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 3, a camera 42 is disposed on the balance belt 2. In this embodiment, the camera 42 is installed to photograph the surrounding environment as required, so that the worker can know the current situation.

As an optimization scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2, a laser radar 40 is disposed on the balance belt 2. In this embodiment, the laser radar 40 may be used in conjunction with the transportation system, which is also a mature technology in the prior art, and may transmit a detection signal, i.e., a laser beam, to a target according to a requirement, receive a signal reflected by the target, and perform processing and analysis to obtain related information of the target, such as a distance.

As an optimization scheme of the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2, a lighting lamp 41 is disposed on the balance belt 2. In the present embodiment, the illumination lamp 41 is used for illumination in a dim environment.

As an optimized solution of the embodiment of the present invention, the upper hemispherical structure 10 and the lower hemispherical structure 11 are connected by magnetic adsorption of the electromagnet. In this embodiment, the connection between the upper hemisphere structure 10 and the lower hemisphere structure 11 can be connected through magnetic attraction, and when the connection needs to be opened, the power supply is cut off, and the electromagnet loses magnetism, so that the connection can be opened.

As the embodiment of the utility model discloses an optimization scheme, it has the sponge to fill in the storing storehouse 12. In this embodiment, the sponge can protect the goods, the stability of reinforcing storing storehouse 12 in the motion process.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an unmanned goods transport vechicle, includes actuating mechanism, its characterized in that: the storage device is characterized by also comprising a spherical vehicle body formed by splicing an upper hemispherical structure and a lower hemispherical structure, wherein the upper hemispherical structure and the lower hemispherical structure enclose to form a storage bin for storing articles; actuating mechanism includes curved balanced area and is used for ordering about two drive division of spherical automobile body pivoted, the drive division is including can grasping the drive pawl of spherical automobile body and being used for ordering about drive pawl pivoted driving motor, balanced area encircles and hangs and locates go up the top of hemisphere structure, just two tip in balanced area extend to go up hemisphere structure with the both ends of one of them diameter of the circular joint face of hemisphere structure down, each the drive division the drive pawl deviates from the position of spherical automobile body is installed one of them tip in balanced area.

2. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the driving part further comprises a power box, a driving shaft and a storage battery for providing power for the driving motor are arranged in the power box, the driving claw is connected with the driving motor through the driving shaft, and the direction from one end part to the other end part of the balance belt is consistent with the length direction of the driving shaft.

3. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the upper hemisphere structure and the lower hemisphere structure are both two layers, the outer layer is a protective layer, and the inner layer is the storage bin.

4. An unmanned transportation vehicle as defined in claim 3, wherein: the protective layer is detachably arranged on the storage bin.

5. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: and a plurality of bulges are uniformly arranged on the surface of the upper hemispherical structure and the surface of the lower hemispherical structure.

6. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the balance belt is provided with a camera.

7. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: and a laser radar is arranged on the balance belt.

8. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: and the balance belt is provided with an illuminating lamp.

9. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the upper hemispherical structure and the lower hemispherical structure are connected through magnetic adsorption of an electromagnet.

10. An unmanned cargo conveyance vehicle, as recited in claim 1, wherein: the storage bin is filled with sponge.