CN217833649U

CN217833649U - Wheel-tracked mobile robot

Info

Publication number: CN217833649U
Application number: CN202221102833.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 夏科睿; 李小龙; 张成林; 彭超; 张韬庚; 金力; 马姓; 丁亮; 于振中
Original assignee: HRG International Institute for Research and Innovation
Current assignee: HRG International Institute for Research and Innovation
Priority date: 2021-06-09
Filing date: 2022-05-09
Publication date: 2022-11-18
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-09
Also published as: CN113276083A

Abstract

The utility model provides a wheel-tracked mobile robot, which comprises a base, the chassis below is provided with a plurality of walking wheels, is connected with the swing arm on the walking wheel of at least one end, the swing arm includes tight pulley, swinging wheel and walks around the track of tight pulley and swinging wheel, the tight pulley and the coaxial setting of walking wheel, tight pulley can walk the wheel relatively and rotate adjustment swing arm direction. The utility model provides a wheel-track mobile robot's advantage lies in: realize the quick travel through the walking wheel, can satisfy long-distance quick travel's demand, and the noise is low, can also cross the obstacle through the swing arm, can be quick pass through the barrier to through barriers such as ladder, the widening of mentioning has widened the use scene of robot from this, and can adjust the swing arm direction in the walking, the direction of adjustment swing arm track need not park, improves through speed.

Description

Wheel-tracked mobile robot

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a mobile robot technical field especially relates to a wheel crawler mobile robot.

Background

Mobile robots are generally classified into wheel type and crawler type as mobile platforms. The wheel-type mobile robot is generally driven by two wheels, four wheels or multiple wheels, and has the characteristics of simple structure, high moving speed, low motion noise and suitability for long-distance movement, but the wheel-type mobile robot has poor adaptability to terrain and insufficient obstacle-crossing capability, cannot work in a complex road section, and has limited application occasions. Compared with a wheel type mobile robot, the crawler type mobile robot has good obstacle crossing capability and strong terrain adaptability, can turn on the spot, but has relatively low moving speed, low efficiency and larger motion noise ratio, and is not suitable for long-distance movement.

The utility model patent application with publication number CN102582706A discloses a colliery is search and rescue detection robot telecontrol equipment in pit, can use the independent drive robot of wheeled or crawler-type moving mode to remove, and this scheme needs the shutdown when using, just can continue after switching the completion moving mode, and the structure is complicated relatively moreover, and is inconvenient to use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a can quick travel and convenient mobile robot that hinders more is provided.

The utility model discloses a solve above-mentioned technical problem through following technical scheme: a wheel-track type mobile robot comprises a chassis, a plurality of traveling wheels are arranged below the chassis, a swinging arm is connected to the traveling wheel at least one end of the chassis, the swinging arm comprises a fixed wheel, a swinging wheel and a track bypassing the fixed wheel and the swinging wheel, the fixed wheel and the traveling wheels are coaxially arranged, and the fixed wheel can rotate relative to the traveling wheels to adjust the direction of the swinging arm.

The utility model discloses a walking wheel realizes the quick travel, can satisfy long-distance quick travel's demand, and the low noise, can also hinder more through the swing arm, can be quick pass through the barrier to through barriers such as ladder, the use scene of robot has been widened to the expansion that mentions from this, and can adjust the swing arm direction in the walking, the direction of adjustment swing arm track that does not need to park improves through speed.

Preferably, the travelling wheels on two sides of the chassis are respectively and coaxially arranged, and the chassis is provided with a travelling motor for respectively driving the travelling wheels on two sides.

Preferably, the chassis is fixed with two walking motors, the walking motors are respectively in transmission connection with one of the walking wheels on two sides, and the walking wheels on the same side are in transmission connection through a chain wheel or a belt.

Preferably, the output directions of the two walking motors are parallel to the walking direction, and the output ends of the walking motors are in transmission connection with one walking wheel through a worm and gear structure.

Preferably, the two sides of the chassis are respectively provided with three walking wheels, the walking wheel at one end is coaxially matched with the swing arm, the walking wheel at the other end is in transmission fit with a walking motor, and the middle walking wheel is in transmission fit with the walking wheels at the two ends through a belt.

Preferably, the swing arm still includes the fixed disk, tight pulley and swinging pulley are fixed in respectively on the fixed disk and can rotate, the tight pulley freely cooperates along the pivot of circumference and walking wheel, be fixed with two swing arm motors on the chassis, be provided with the crank of being connected with the fixed disk on the swing arm motor, the crank include with swing arm motor complex drive end and with fixed disk complex rotation end, the drive end sets up with the fixed wheel is coaxial.

Preferably, the output directions of the two swing arm motors are parallel to the walking direction, the output ends of the swing arm motors are in transmission fit with the driving end of the crank through a worm gear structure, and the driving end and the rotating end are arranged in parallel.

Preferably, the upper surface of the chassis is further provided with a rotary platform, the rotary platform can rotate in a horizontal plane, a robot is fixed on the rotary platform, the robot is provided with at least one mechanical arm, and an actuator is arranged at the end of the mechanical arm.

Preferably, a rotary motor is arranged on the chassis and below the rotary platform, and the rotary motor is meshed with the rotary platform through a gear.

Preferably, two mechanical arms are arranged on two sides of the robot respectively, and a head vision camera capable of adjusting a visual angle in a pitching mode is further arranged on the robot.

The utility model provides a crawler-type mobile robot's advantage lies in: realize the quick travel through the walking wheel, can satisfy long-distance quick travel's demand, and the noise is low, can also cross the obstacle through the swing arm, can be quick pass through the barrier to through barriers such as ladder, the widening of mentioning has widened the use scene of robot from this, and can adjust the swing arm direction in the walking, the direction of adjustment swing arm track need not park, improves through speed. The walking wheels on two sides are respectively controlled in speed through independent walking motors, different speeds are conveniently provided to control the robot to steer, accordingly, wheels do not need to adjust the angle relative to a vehicle body, a driving structure and a control method are simplified, the swing arm motor controls the direction of a swing arm through a worm gear structure, the swing arm can provide necessary supporting force by means of the self-locking function of the worm gear, the robot is supported and moved to walk, the robot is fixed through a rotary motor, the angle is conveniently adjusted, a head vision camera only performs pitching motion, the visual angle is adjusted, and the position of an object is conveniently determined.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a wheel-track mobile robot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a chassis of a wheel-track mobile robot according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of a wheel-track type mobile robot chassis provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a robot schematic view of a wheel-track mobile robot according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention are described below clearly and completely in connection with the specific embodiments, and with reference to the attached drawings. 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.

As shown in fig. 1, the embodiment provides a wheel-track type mobile robot, which includes a chassis 1, a plurality of traveling wheels 2 are disposed below the chassis 1, and a swing arm 3 is connected to at least one of the traveling wheels 2, and with reference to fig. 2, the swing arm 3 includes a fixed wheel 31, a swing wheel 32, and a track 33 that bypasses the fixed wheel 31 and the swing wheel 32, the fixed wheel 31 and the traveling wheels 2 are coaxially disposed, and the fixed wheel 31 can rotate relative to the traveling wheels 2 to adjust the direction of the swing arm 3.

The mobile robot that this embodiment provided realizes the quick travel through the walking wheel, can satisfy long-distance quick travel's demand, and the low noise, can also hinder through the swing arm, can be quick pass through the barrier to through barriers such as ladder, the widening of mentioning from this has widened the use scene of robot, and can adjust the swing arm direction in the walking, the direction of regulation swing arm track need not park, improves through-speed.

Referring to fig. 2, the walking wheels 2 on both sides of the chassis 1 are coaxially arranged respectively, and the chassis 1 is provided with a walking motor 11 for driving the walking wheels 2 on both sides respectively, specifically, the chassis 1 is fixed with two output directions parallel to the walking direction the walking motor 11, the walking motor 11 is in transmission connection with one of the walking wheels 2 on both sides respectively, and the walking wheels 2 on the same side are in transmission connection through a chain wheel or a belt. In this embodiment, the both sides of chassis 1 are provided with three walking wheel 2 respectively, and the walking wheel 2 and the 3 coaxial cooperations of swing arm of one end, the walking wheel 2 and the walking motor 11 of the other end pass through worm gear structure transmission cooperation, and middle walking wheel 2 is connected with the 2 transmission of walking wheels at both ends through belt 21 respectively. The hub of the travelling wheel 2 is fixed on the wheel disc 22 through bolts, the wheel disc 22 is fixedly connected with a wheel shaft (not shown), and the wheel shaft is respectively and fixedly matched with the travelling motor 11 or a belt pulley.

In this embodiment, the walking wheels 2 of both sides are driven through a walking motor 11 respectively to make the speed of the walking wheel 2 of unilateral keep unanimous, and the walking wheel 2 of both sides can have the speed difference, thereby realize that the differential turns to, can only realize the control to the walking direction of robot through the speed of marcing from this, convenient to use simplifies the robot structure.

Swing arm 3 still includes fixed disk 34, fixed wheel 31 and swing wheel 32 are fixed in respectively on fixed disk 34 to can rotate fixed disk 34 relatively, and crawler 33 walks around fixed wheel 31 and swing wheel 32 and is in the periphery of fixed disk 34, fixed wheel 31 freely cooperates along circumference and the pivot of walking wheel 2, is fixed with two swing arm motors 12 on the chassis 1, be provided with the crank 35 of being connected with fixed disk 34 on the swing arm motor 12, crank 35 include with swing arm motor 12 complex drive end (not shown in the figure) and with fixed disk 24 fixed coordination's rotation end (not shown in the figure), drive end and the coaxial setting of fixed wheel 31.

Two the output direction of swing arm motor 12 is parallel with the walking direction, and the output of swing arm motor 12 passes through worm gear structure and the drive end transmission cooperation of crank 35, drive end and rotation end parallel arrangement. Thereby through the rotation of swing arm motor 12, the direction of control fixed disk 34 rotation adjustment swing arm 3, and the crank 35 is connected with swing arm motor 12 through worm gear transmission back, utilize worm gear's auto-lock principle to make swing arm 3 can keep in a definite position, thereby can support the robot and change the position, fixed wheel 31 and swinging wheel 32 do not need additionally to provide drive power, under the condition of walking wheel 2 walking, realize advancing on ground with the help of the frictional force of track 33, simplify the drive structure, reduce equipment cost.

Referring to fig. 3, the upper surface of the chassis 1 is further provided with a rotary platform 13, the rotary platform 13 can rotate in a horizontal plane, the robot 5 is fixed on the rotary platform 13, and referring to fig. 4, the robot 5 has at least one mechanical arm 51, an end of the mechanical arm 51 has an actuator 52, and the actuator 52 can be used for executing a command of taking or placing an object.

Specifically, a rotary motor 14 located below the rotary platform 13 is arranged on the chassis 1, an output end of the rotary motor 14 is meshed and matched with the rotary platform 13 through a gear, so that the rotary platform 13 is driven, and meanwhile, self-locking of the position of the rotary platform 13 can be achieved through a gear structure. The two sides of the robot 5 are respectively provided with a mechanical arm 51, and the stability and the application range of the object to be clamped are improved through the two mechanical arms 51; meanwhile, the robot is further provided with a head vision camera 53 capable of adjusting the view angle in a pitching mode, so that targets in a scene can be conveniently checked, the mechanical arm 51 is controlled to take and place objects, the head vision camera 53 is fixed on the robot 5 through existing structures such as hinges, and the specific angle control mode is the prior art.

The specific structures of the swing arm 51 and the actuator 52 are the prior art, and the structures of the swing arm 51 and the actuator 52 may be selected according to the scene used by the robot 5, the structure of the applied target object, and the like.

For convenience of control, the chassis 1 is further provided with a control module 4, the control module 4 is respectively provided with a sub-module for controlling the traveling wheels 2, the swing arms 3 and the rotary platform 13 on the chassis 1 to move and a sub-module for controlling the robot 5 to move, the two sub-modules are mutually independent and are respectively in communication connection with the control module 4, the specific communication mode can be adaptively designed on the basis of the structure and the working principle of the mobile robot disclosed in the embodiment, and the detailed description is omitted in the embodiment.

Further, the chassis 1 is further provided with the lamps 14, the specific positions of the lamps 14 can be determined according to the driving requirements, and in this embodiment, two lamps 14 are arranged at one end provided with the swing arm 3; to facilitate in areas with poorly regulated lighting

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A wheeled mobile robot, characterized in that: the walking wheel type walking robot comprises a chassis, wherein a plurality of walking wheels are arranged below the chassis, at least one end of the walking wheels is connected with a swing arm, the swing arm comprises a fixed wheel, a swing wheel and a crawler belt which bypasses the fixed wheel and the swing wheel, the fixed wheel and the walking wheels are coaxially arranged, and the fixed wheel can rotate relative to the walking wheels to adjust the direction of the swing arm;

the travelling wheels on two sides of the chassis are respectively and coaxially arranged, and the chassis is provided with a travelling motor for respectively driving the travelling wheels on two sides;

the chassis is fixed with two walking motors, the walking motors are respectively in transmission connection with one of the walking wheels on two sides, and the walking wheels on the same side are in transmission connection through a chain wheel or a belt.

2. The wheeled mobile robot of claim 1, wherein: the output directions of the two walking motors are parallel to the walking direction, and the output ends of the walking motors are in transmission connection with one walking wheel through a worm and gear structure.

3. A wheeled mobile robot as claimed in claim 2, wherein: three walking wheels are arranged on two sides of the chassis respectively, the walking wheel at one end is in coaxial fit with the swing arm, the walking wheel at the other end is in transmission fit with the walking motor, and the middle walking wheel is in transmission fit with the walking wheels at two ends through a belt respectively.

4. The wheeled mobile robot of claim 1, wherein: the swing arm still includes the fixed disk, tight pulley and swinging wheel are fixed in respectively on the fixed disk and can rotate, the tight pulley freely cooperates along the pivot of circumference and walking wheel, be fixed with two swing arm motors on the chassis, be provided with the crank of being connected with the fixed disk on the swing arm motor, the crank include with swing arm motor complex drive end and with fixed disk complex rotation end, the drive end sets up with the tight pulley is coaxial.

5. The wheeled mobile robot of claim 4, wherein: the output directions of the two swing arm motors are parallel to the walking direction, the output ends of the swing arm motors are in transmission fit with the driving end of the crank through a worm gear structure, and the driving end and the rotating end are arranged in parallel.

6. The wheeled mobile robot of claim 1, wherein: the robot is characterized in that a rotary platform is further arranged on the upper surface of the chassis, the rotary platform can rotate in a horizontal plane, a robot is fixed on the rotary platform, the robot is provided with at least one mechanical arm, and an actuator is arranged at the end of the mechanical arm.

7. The wheeled mobile robot of claim 6, wherein: the chassis is provided with a rotary motor positioned below the rotary platform, and the rotary motor is meshed with the rotary platform through a gear.

8. The wheeled mobile tracked robot of claim 6, wherein: the robot is characterized in that two sides of the robot are respectively provided with a mechanical arm, and the robot is further provided with a head vision camera capable of adjusting the visual angle in a pitching mode.