US 11,878,408 B2
Systems and methods for multi-sectional show robot
Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Winter Garden, FL (US); Akiva Meir Krauthamer, Orlando, FL (US); Timothy Fitzgerald Garnier, Orlando, FL (US); Elam Kevin Hertzler, Winter Garden, FL (US); Matthew Sean Pearse, Orlando, FL (US); Samuel James Knox, Orlando, FL (US); Lee Marvin Wilson, Kissimmee, FL (US); Kimberly Anne Humphreys, Orlando, FL (US); Cody Daniel Nichoson, Orlando, FL (US); and Trace Andrew Dressen, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,793.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,640, filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0354304 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/003 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0005 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic system comprising a multi-sectional show robot, wherein the multi-sectional show robot comprises:
at least one controller;
a primary robot comprising one or more sensors configured to acquire feedback indicative of an environment surrounding the primary robot, wherein the primary robot comprises a first appearance corresponding to a first character of a theme; and
a plurality of secondary robots comprising a first secondary robot having a second appearance corresponding to a second character of the theme, the second appearance differing from the first appearance, and the plurality of secondary robots comprising a second secondary robot, wherein the first secondary robot and the second secondary robot are configured to removably couple to the primary robot to transition the multi-sectional show robot between a disengaged configuration, in which the primary robot is decoupled from the first secondary robot and the second secondary robot, and an a first engaged configuration, in which the primary robot is coupled to the first secondary robot, and a second engaged configuration, in which the primary robot is coupled to the second secondary robot, wherein the at least one controller is configured to instruct at least the primary robot based on the feedback and one or more first character control schemes with the multi-sectional show robot in the disengaged configuration, and wherein the at least one controller is configured to instruct the primary robot and the first secondary robot based on one or more second character control schemes with the multi-sectional show robot in the first engaged configuration.