CN2688463Y - Non-contacting sensor of robot - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a non-contact sensor of a robot. The top central location of the robot is provided with a non-contact sensor signal transmitting device used for distance-measuring, such as ultra sound, microwaves, infrared, light wave, etc. A pyramid shape reflecting body with four reflecting faces respectively toward the front, back, left and right is arranged above or below the signal transmitting device. A plurality of non-contact sensor signal receivers of ultra sound, microwaves, infrared or light wave are installed on the robot housing. After such arrangement, the robot outer diameter can counteract partial or all detecting blind zone, and the signal source diffusion scope is extended. A plurality of sets of sensors originally required to be installed on one direction surface of the robot can be reduced to one set; the reflecting body can make the signal transmitting device reduced to a set facing the reflecting body.
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Technical field:
The utility model relates to a kind of non-contact sensor of robot, is mainly used in electrical category object disturbance of perception thing or range finding location usefulness in moving process such as robot.
Background technology:
Need disturbance of perception thing in moving process for the robot that moves, perhaps survey border such as wall to determine the orientation of robot self, usually use non-contact sensors such as ultrasonic wave or photoelectricity in actual use, need around the robot appearance, to install a plurality of, referring to " exploitation of intellective dust collector and design " among " application of electronic technology " 2000Vol.26 No.8 literary composition or in please number be described in 02110070.5 the application for a patent for invention book.But, certain problem is arranged in the use because non-contact sensor costs such as ultrasonic wave are higher, and exist the blind area.
Summary of the invention:
The purpose of this utility model is to overcome above-mentioned deficiency, designs the non-contact sensor of the robot that a kind of quantity is the least possible, the blind area is as far as possible little.
The purpose of this utility model reaches by following design: at the top of robot or the bottom center position non-contact sensor sender unit that a ultrasonic wave or microwave, infrared ray, light wave etc. are used to find range is installed, above or below sender unit a reflector is set, non-contact sensor signal receiving devices such as several ultrasonic waves or microwave, infrared ray, light wave are installed on the shell of robot.Reflector is the pentahedron of a taper---as pyramid, tap web is aimed at the center of non-contact sensor sender unit, the surface of the reflecting surface of reflector and non-contact sensor sender unit is the inclination angle about 45 degree, its four reflectings surface are respectively towards the four direction all around of robot, reflecting surface itself is smooth, is the plane and also can be recessed or convex surface.After being provided with like this, the signal wave directive reflector that the non-contact sensor sender unit sends, emission by reflecting surface, signal wave turns over the four direction all around of 90 degree back directive robots, reflect after running into objects such as barrier or wall, the sensor signal receiving system that is set in the robot receives again.Because the utility model moves to the centre of robot with sensor signal emitter table position from robot outside, as ultrasonic sensor because the distance gone through of back wave is too short and offset a part of by the external diameter of robot or can all offset with the stack up scope of the blind area that produces random ripple formation of transmitted wave sometimes.And circumferential surface with respect to robot, the scope of the signal source diffusion that central authorities of robot send is big, many covers sensor that need be installed in the surface of a direction of robot originally can be kept to a cover, again because the existence of reflector, need originally can change a cover sender unit into towards reflector towards the transmit quadruplet sender unit of ripple of four direction.
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Fig. 1～Fig. 4 is several typical robots of the present utility model vertical views.
Fig. 5 be Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 shown in the front view of robot.
Fig. 6～Figure 11 is several form schematic diagram of the present utility model.
Figure 12 is the robot range finding location schematic diagram of utility model.
Specific embodiments:
A ultrasonic wave or microwave are installed in top or bottom center position in robot, infrared ray, non-contact sensor sender units 2 such as light wave, above or below sender unit, a reflector 1 is set, reflector 1 is the pentahedron of a taper, tap web is aimed at the center of non-contact sensor sender unit 2, the surface of the reflecting surface of reflector and non-contact sensor sender unit is the inclination angle about 45 degree, its four reflectings surface are respectively towards the four direction all around of robot, reflecting surface itself is smooth, be the plane and also can be recessed or convex surface, non-contact sensor signal receiving device 3 can have following several form:
1) with sender unit 2 integrators, all be positioned at reflector above or below.Such as ultrasonic sensor with sender unit---electroacoustic transducer and signal receiving device---the acoustic-electrical transducer integrator is a mature technique, and concrete product is arranged.
2) receiving system 3 also can device be positioned at sender unit 2 above or below, it towards that face a reflector 5 is also arranged, as Fig. 6～8; This reflector 5 also can with sender unit 2 right that reflector 1 do and be a rhombogen together, as Fig. 6.
3) pointing to robot dead ahead (direction that moves ahead with robot is consistent) as if the middle position with robot is the place ahead (down together), receiving system 3 can be arranged at position, robot outer surface front, rear, left and right, respectively towards the front, rear, left and right direction---the sensor that is the place ahead is towards the place ahead, the sensor at rear is towards the rear, the sensor of left is towards left, right-hand sensor is towards right-hand (down together), as Fig. 1～Fig. 2.
4) receiving system 3 be positioned at the top of reflector 1 or be positioned at sender unit 2 around, respectively towards robot front, rear, left and right direction.
5) receiving system 3 be positioned at sender unit 2 around, towards the reflecting surface of reflector 1, the reflecting surface of reflector 1 can be designed to the spill cambered surface, its focus point is just in the centre of signal receiving device, as Figure 11.
6) receiving system 3 also can be positioned on the left front and right back outer surface of robot, and respectively towards left front and right back, as Fig. 3～Fig. 4; Maybe can be positioned on the right front and left back outer surface of robot, and respectively towards right front and left back.But this setup will be carried out complicated conversion when range finding.
If being used for the range finding location, non-contact sensor uses, available above-mentioned 1), 2), the mounting means of receiving system 6), one or two receiving system 2 is set, as Figure 12: robot at a time begin to transmit ripple and receive echo, can receive echo clearly in a plurality of time periods, according to velocity of wave propagation and transmit ripple to the time interval that receives echo, calculate the distance of robot far from wall: d3, d1, d4, d2 represents, if echo-signal is enough strong, also may have d4+d3, d1+d2 or the like, if signal is strong inadequately certainly, may not detect d4, d2, as for how judging that d2 still is that d4+d3 utilizes the distance and the range difference that measures of expecting, compare with a fuzzy numerical value, in a fuzzy scope, judge.The d1, the d2 that measure, the distance of two or more distances and expection among d3, the d4 are compared, just can the present orientation of relative determination robot.
If with above-mentioned 3), 4), 5) the mounting means of receiving system, four receiving systems 2 are set, so in the robot ambulation process, calculate the time interval of sending of the echo and the signal wave of four receiving systems 2 respectively, just can measure robot one or several in four distances of four sides wall at present.The distance with expection that measures is compared, just can the present orientation of relative determination robot.Simultaneously this setup can also detect barrier on the four direction all around at any time from the distance of robot---and this is the purpose used of the non-contact sensor of robot just.
If using sensor is in order to locate, if robot and between the walls have barrier, if the distance of the expection of barrier has been known by robot---robot had surveyed this barrier and had done overwriting, and the location is effective so; If robot can not find the distance of expection and compares with the distance that detects---promptly the difference of distance and the distance that detects of expection is not in the scope of a permission, reference desired distance when detecting after this distance can be recorded and be used as so, robot need detect other orientation detection to distance compared, or survey again after moving past certain distance.
At above-mentioned 3), 4), 5) the mounting means of receiving system, quantity and robot running gear that non-contact sensor signal receiving device 2 is provided with also have certain relation: if robot can only the front and back walking add turning---and be traditional left and right wheels type of drive, can on the four direction three cover receiving systems be installed all around so; If robot has the ability that the direction to the left and right of just not needing to turn moves, the quadruplet signal receiving device is installed so preferably.
In addition, for the accuracy of locating, can adopt the multiple sensors scheme: such as the sensor suite of one or more sets optical mouses being installed in the robot bottom, moving each time of robot all detected, and with testing result and ultrasonic listening to the result and mobile desired distance compare, relatively accurate to guarantee to locate; Also can utilize other sensor that the sensor that is subjected to influence of temperature change of ultrasonic wave one class is carried out the temperature-compensating correction simultaneously.If the external diameter of robot is not enough to offset fully the blind area of non-contact sensor,, also need contact type sensor 4 to be installed in the robot appearance in order to detect barrier exactly.It is contact type sensor described in 200410014461.0 the inventive applicant specification that the utility model can be installed application number.
Reflector is generally made with the bigger material of density: the degree that is reflected at the interface such as ultrasonic wave is decided by that the acoustic resistance of two media is poor---the product of the density of medium and the velocity of sound, and the acoustic resistance difference is big more, and degree of reflection is also big more.In general, the signal wave that sender unit sends is reflexed to four direction by four reflectings surface, emitter of the signal wave strength ratio of each direction directly sends want a little less than, but because as long as send one the tunnel, compared with sending four road signals, it is power saving more.Certainly in order to improve the signal intensity of wave, can suitably select power bigger emitter or strengthen the emission driving force.
Reflector 1 is top or following and when reflecting surface if sensor receiving system 3 also is placed in, and reflecting surface can be designed to concave surface, and its focus point is just at the central part of receiving system; And have only emitter 2 to be arranged in above the reflector 1 or following situation, reflecting surface can be designed to be plane or concave surface or convex surface as required, detect such as need under the situation of barrier, reflecting surface can be convex surface, the scope that the signal wave of emission is dispersed becomes big, and only needing under the situation of location, reflecting surface can be concave surface, makes the signal wave strength-enhanced of reception.
Sensor described in the utility model generally is installed in robot center of top position, also can be arranged on other position, top as required certainly---not at middle position, such as being arranged on rear, top or right back.If the robot body is liftoff enough height, sensor also can be installed in the robot bottom, even sensor is installed in robot interior, and offering window on the corresponding shell---such as sensor being installed near the shell edge of robot back, and towards the dead ahead, left and right direction respectively offers a signal wave passage.
The emission of sensor, receiving system be directly on holding or the sticking shell that places robot or in the depression of shell, reflector holding or sticking placing on the support that is fixed on the robot shells.For simplicity, the pin on emission, the receiving system does not indicate, and the emission of sensor signal, receiving circuit, signal processing all have mature technique, are not illustrated.
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1, a kind of non-contact sensor of robot, it is characterized in that it comprises that several are fixed on ultrasonic wave or microwave in the robot, infrared ray, non-contact sensor signal receiving devices (3) such as light wave and ultrasonic wave or microwave, infrared ray, non-contact sensor sender units (2) such as light wave, and tap web is aimed at a taper pentahedron type reflector (1) of non-contact sensor sender unit (2) center, four reflectings surface of reflector (1) are respectively before robot, after, a left side, right four direction, reflecting surface itself is smooth, is the plane or is recessed, convex surface.
2, the non-contact sensor of a kind of robot according to claim 1 is characterized in that described non-contact sensor signal receiving device (3) and sender unit (2) integrator, and the tap web of reflector is also aimed at receiving system (2).
3, the non-contact sensor of a kind of robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described non-contact sensor signal receiving device (3) be positioned at sender unit (2) above or below, it towards that face a reflector (5) also is set.
4, the non-contact sensor of a kind of robot according to claim 3, it is characterized in that described reflector (5) and sender unit (2) right that reflector (1) do and be a rhombogen together.
5, the non-contact sensor of a kind of robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described non-contact sensor signal receiving device (3) is positioned at the position, front, rear, left and right of robot outer surface, respectively towards the front, rear, left and right direction.
6, the non-contact sensor of a kind of robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described non-contact sensor signal receiving device (3) be positioned at the top of reflector (1) or be positioned at sender unit (2) around, respectively towards the front, rear, left and right direction.
7, the non-contact sensor of a kind of robot according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described non-contact sensor signal receiving device (3) be positioned at sender unit (2) around, towards the reflecting surface of the reflector (1) of the same side.
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