US 11,685,041 B1
Robot having four screw propeller barrels and walking on all terrain
Qi Qiu, Hangzhou (CN); Xu Miao, Hangzhou (CN); Qianwei Hu, Hangzhou (CN); and Hao Chen, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to HANGZHOU CITY UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou (CN)
Filed by HANGZHOU CITY UNIVERSITY, Hangzhou (CN)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/91,392.
Claims priority of application No. 202211116756.3 (CN), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Int. Cl. B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/0009 (2013.01) [B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot having four screw propeller barrels and able to walk on all types of terrains, comprising: a housing, wherein each of four corners of the housing is arranged with a driving shaft, four driving shafts are arranged for the four corners and form a rectangle and are connected to a motor, a rotation surface of the driving shaft is parallel to a same vertical surface;
wherein an end of the driving shaft is arranged with a connection base, the connection base is arranged with a shaftless motor, an output end of the shaftless motor has a rotation surface perpendicular to the rotation surface of the driving shaft;
the output end of the shaftless motor is arranged with a connection bracket, a bottom surface of the connection bracket is arranged with a plurality of connection rings arranged successively along a straight line, the plurality of connection rings are connected with each other to form a column, a side of each connection ring is arranged with a plurality of blades, blades of one of the plurality of connection rings are misaligned with blades of another one of the plurality of connection rings, blades of all of the plurality of connection rings form a spiral structure, one of the plurality of connection rings disposed at an end of the column is provided with a ring-shaped base, an inner side of the ring-shaped base is arranged with a plurality of paddles;
each of a bottom surface of the connection bracket and a bottom surface of each connection ring is arranged with a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks are evenly distributed and arranged along the ring shape, a top surface of each connection ring and a top face of the ring-shaped base defines a plurality of slots to be engage with the plurality of blocks; and
the housing is arranged with a camera and an infrared sensor.