CARRYING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHODS
First Claim
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1. A carrying autonomous vehicle system, comprising:
- a carrying autonomous vehicle having a main frame and at least one flipper; and
at least one carried autonomous vehicle;
wherein said at least one carried autonomous vehicle uses said at least one flipper to at least one of load and unload said at least one carried autonomous vehicle on said main frame.
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Abstract
A carrying autonomous vehicle system, comprising: a carrying autonomous vehicle and at least one carried autonomous vehicle. The carrying autonomous vehicle has a main frame and at least one flipper. The carried autonomous vehicle uses at least one flipper to load and/or unload at least one carried autonomous vehicle on the main frame.
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20 Claims
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1. A carrying autonomous vehicle system, comprising:
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a carrying autonomous vehicle having a main frame and at least one flipper; and at least one carried autonomous vehicle; wherein said at least one carried autonomous vehicle uses said at least one flipper to at least one of load and unload said at least one carried autonomous vehicle on said main frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for loading a carrying autonomous vehicle system, carrying an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
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navigating a carried autonomous vehicle to a proximity of a carrying autonomous vehicle; instructing the maneuvering of at least one flipper of said carrying autonomous vehicle to a loading angle; and navigating said carried autonomous vehicle to climb said carrying autonomous vehicle in a loading angle.
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9. A method for at least one of loading and unloading a carried autonomous vehicle of a carrying autonomous vehicle system comprising:
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positioning a carried autonomous vehicle and a carrying autonomous vehicle so said carried autonomous vehicle'"'"'s pair of carried flippers is essentially in front of said carrying autonomous vehicle system'"'"'s pair of flippers; and driving said pair of carried flippers on top of said pair of flippers.
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10. A method for loading a carried autonomous vehicle on a carrying autonomous vehicle system comprising:
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instructing a carried autonomous vehicle and a carrying autonomous vehicle system having at least one flipper to a close proximity; securing a locking mechanism of said at least one flipper to a locking receiving mechanism of said carried autonomous vehicle; lifting said at least one flipper; and mounting said carried autonomous vehicle on top of said carrying autonomous vehicle system using said carried autonomous vehicle lifted position obtained by said at least one flipper. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A multi robot system, comprising:
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an autonomous vehicle; an autonomous robot having an end effector; and a controlling mechanism which coordinates manipulation of an external object by said end effector when said autonomous robot is mounted on said autonomous vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A vehicle system, comprising:
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a main frame; a flipper axle mounted on said main frame; at least one triangular obstacle climbing flipper rotatably connected to said flipper axle, having a moving mechanism and a bottom side; and at least one mobilizing wheel mounted on said main frame; wherein the distance between said flipper axle and said bottom side is greater than the radius of said at least at least one mobilizing wheel. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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lowering at least one triangular obstacle climbing flipper thereby lifting at least one mobilizing wheel; and switching from a driving mechanism based on at least one mobilizing wheel to a driving mechanism based on at least one triangular obstacle climbing flipper.
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