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Unmanned mobile device

  • US 20020060267A1
  • Filed: 09/25/2001
  • Published: 05/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An unmanned mobile device remotely-controlled to function as a robot scout to enter a site of interest and to execute a mission;

  • said device comprising;

    A. An aerodynamic flying assembly provided with retractable legs serving as landing gear when the assembly lands at the site and then functions as a ground locomotion mechanism; and

    B. Remotely-controlled means that include processor mean associated with the assembly which render it operable in at least one of the following modes;

    1) an air-mobility mode in which the assembly is capable of flying to the site and of hovering thereover, and is also capable of vertical take-off and landing at the site, the legs then being extended to function as landing gear, 2) a ground-mobility mode in which the extended legs then function as a walking mechanism to cause the assembly to move through the site;

    whereby the device is capable of executing the mission.

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