Autonomous rolling robot
First Claim
1. An autonomous rolling robot comprising a hollow sphere having a smooth outer surface and an inner surface and a geometric center, at least one set of a pair of rotors mounted within said sphere to said inner surface, each rotor of each pair having an axis located diametrically opposite the other rotor of its pair, each of said rotors being located at a position other than said geometric center of said sphere, each of said rotors being mounted on a shaft which extends radially toward said geometric center of said sphere with all of said shafts being in a direction which would intersect at said geometric center, and said at least one set of rotors being mounted within said sphere in a balanced manner equally spaced apart from each other.
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Abstract
An autonomous rolling robot is in the form of a hollow sphere containing at least two sets of rotors. Each set of rotors includes a rotor mounted on a shaft which is driven by a motor. All of the shafts are radially mounted within the hollow sphere so that an extension of the shafts would intersect at the geometric center of the sphere. The center of mass of the robot is also located at the geometric center of the sphere.
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- 1. An autonomous rolling robot comprising a hollow sphere having a smooth outer surface and an inner surface and a geometric center, at least one set of a pair of rotors mounted within said sphere to said inner surface, each rotor of each pair having an axis located diametrically opposite the other rotor of its pair, each of said rotors being located at a position other than said geometric center of said sphere, each of said rotors being mounted on a shaft which extends radially toward said geometric center of said sphere with all of said shafts being in a direction which would intersect at said geometric center, and said at least one set of rotors being mounted within said sphere in a balanced manner equally spaced apart from each other.
- 12. An autonomous rolling robot comprising a hollow sphere having a smooth outer surface and an inner surface and a geometric center, an odd number of plural rotors mounted within said sphere to said inner surface, each of said rotors being located at a position other than said geometric center of said sphere, each of said rotors being mounted on a shaft which extends radially toward said geometric center of said sphere with all of said shafts being in a direction which would intersect at said geometric center, and said rotors being mounted within said sphere in a balanced manner equally spaced apart from each other.
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