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Robotic two-wheeled vehicle

  • US 8,720,614 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2013
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A robotic wheeled vehicle comprising:

  • a first wheel and a mechanism associated to the first wheel, the mechanism supporting one or more instruments and/or sensors,wherein the mechanism is configured to assume;

    a first position wherein the mechanism is at least partially collapsed for retracting the one or more instruments and/or sensors, anda second position wherein the mechanism is deployed for deploying the one or more instruments and/or sensors from the first wheel,and wherein when collapsed, the mechanism with the one or more instruments and/or sensors is housed in at least one instrument/sensor case, hub or bay,the mechanism being a single degree-of freedom four-bar mechanism, wherein;

    the mechanism includes a head portion, a pair of supporting members, a first set of two parallel bars and a second set of two parallel bars, wherein the supporting members are spaced apart at a set distance from each other and fixedly connected to a respective instrument/sensor case, hub or bay,a first end of the first set of parallel bars is pivotally hinged to the head portion,a second end of the first set of two parallel bars is pivotally hinged to a respective supporting member,a first end of the second set of parallel bars is pivotally hinged to the head portion, anda second end of the second set of two parallel bars is connected with a rotating shaft rigidly fixed to a driving wheel of a gear.

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