Smart compact Indoor Firefighting Robot for Extinguishing a Fire at an Early Stage

• US 20130112440A1
• Filed: 11/04/2011
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: King Abdul AZIZ City For Science and Technology, King SAUD University
• Original Assignee: King Abdul AZIZ City For Science and Technology, King SAUD University
• Inventors: Alsaif, Khalid A., Kim, Byung Soo
• Granted Patent: US 8,973,671 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 169/46
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 27/00 Fire-fighting land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/01 Mobile robot

Abstract

The proposed invention is an indoor firefighting robot which has the capability to climb stairs and negotiate several types of floor materials inside buildings. it can withstand very high temperature up to 700 Celsius for as long as 60 minutes using multiple thermal insulation technique. It can communicate with trapped and injured persons inside the fire scene and can send back video and audio information describing the fire environment inside the building to the controller. It has also an insulated container at the rear with oxygen masks to help victims to breathe safely in the smoke environment in the early stage of the firefighting process. Several of these compact firefighting robots can be launched and can work together inside the room or multiple rooms under fire with assistance of remote control unit. The fire robot can avoid obstacles while trying to rescue injured victims.

Claims

1. A firefighting robot comprising a platform with a plurality of motors driving a plurality of tracks with adaptable track shape, a power source, a driving camera, a nozzle connected cylinders with fire distinguishing agent which is connected to a pan/tilt mechanism and a water tank for cooling.

2. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

track covers that cover the track and a plurality of gears.

3. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

the driving camera is in the central front of the platform.

4. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

an Oxygen Mask Container attached to the platform.

5. A device according to claim 4 comprising:

said Oxygen Mask Container contains an oxygen mask.

6. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

where one or more of said firefighting robot enters a fire area in a building and can put the fire.

7. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

where deliver and provide portable oxygen mask to people.

8. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

having a double thermal insulation structure with a cooling system between a first and second thermal structure with the thermal structure being comprised of a material with a low thermal conductivity and strong thermal shock resistance.

9. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

having a battery as the power source.

10. A device according to claim 9 comprising:

said power source provide power to a plurality of motors, a camera, a cooling system, an extinguisher vision system, and a water sprinkler unit.

11. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

having a computing means which contracts the robot.

12. A device according to claim 11 comprising:

said computing means being programmed for the the robot to analyze and fight fires.

13. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

being controlled by a remote control device.

14. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

a linear actuator that moves the pan/tilt pole 520 up and down and a pan/tilt pole that is connected to an extinguishing system platform moving the extinguishing system platform up and down while connected to a pan/tilt axis and a DC motor that rotates the pan/tilt pole which is connected to and rotates the Pan/Tilt mount.

15. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

having a shape shift motor which can change the configuration of the track

16. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

having double shafts move gears which drives the tracks and where each tracks can move in opposite directions.

17. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

where said robot can secure an exit path for those trapped inside.

18. A device according to claim 1 comprising:

where said robot is used as a fire-sensing sensor network in the building for early detection and extinguish.

19. A method for the early dection and extinguishing of a fire in a building comprising:

using a firefighting having a computering means, a remote control, a platform with a plurality of motors driving a plurality of tracks with adaptable track shape, a power source, a driving camera, a nozzle connected cylinders with fire distinguishing agent which is connected to a pan/tilt mechanism and a water tank for cooling.

20. A firefighting robot comprising a platform with a plurality of motors driving a plurality of tracks with adaptable track shape, a power source, a driving camera, a nozzle connected cylinders with fire distinguishing agent which is connected to a pan/tilt mechanism and a water tank for cooling, with track covers that cover the track and a plurality of gears, where the driving camera is in the central front of the platform with an Oxygen Mask Container attached to the platform that contains an oxygen mask, having a double thermal insulation structure with a cooling system between a first and second thermal structure with the thermal structure being comprised of a material with a low thermal conductivity and strong thermal shock resistance, having a computing means being programmed for the the robot to analyze and fight fires, having the ability to be controlled by a remote control device, with a linear actuator that moves the pan/tilt pole 520 up and down and a pan/tilt pole that is connected to an extinguishing system platform moving the extinguishing system platform up and down while connected to a pan/tilt axis and a DC motor that rotates the pan/tilt pole which is connected to and rotates the Pan/Tilt mount, having a shape shift motor which can change the configuration of the track and having double shafts move gears which drives the tracks and where each tracks can move in opposite directions.