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Remotely controlled and/or powered mobile robot with cable management arrangement

  • US 4,736,826 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1985
  • Issued: 04/12/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile robot system with cable handling arrangement comprising:

  • a steerable robot;

    at least one power drive device for driving said robot in both a forward an reverse direction;

    a steering arrangement for steering said robot around obstacles;

    a station for operative connection to said robot;

    a cable connecting said station and said robot;

    a cable handling arrangement and a cable storage arrangement both carried by said mobile robot and transported therewith;

    travel detection means for detecting the amount of travel of said robot and determining the amount of cable to be dispensed or retracted when in the automatic mode based solely on the determination from the amount of travel of said robot;

    said cable handling arrangement and cable storage arrangement including a cable feed controlled by said travel detection means for dispensing out and retracting in said cable as the mobile robot moves away from said station and moves toward said station, respectively, under substantially zero tension in that part of the cable running between said station and said robot; and

    a power device for supplying power to said cable feed.

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