US 12,240,544 B2
Reconfigurable walking robot
Bashar El-Khasawneh, Abu Dhabi (AE); Abdur Rosyid Patrum, Abu Dhabi (AE); and Cesare Stefanini, Pisa (IT)
Assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Filed by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,505, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363326 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 57/032 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 57/032 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robotic device, comprising:
segments coupled together at proximal ends to form a pyramidal shape, each of the segments having a distal end coupled with an attachment device having an attachment mechanism configured to engage with a workpiece;
arms having proximal ends moveable relative to the segments;
a platform coupled to the arms, the platform useable as a support or coupled with a dedicated support, the platform coupled to the arms to position the platform between the proximal ends of the arms and the workpiece when at least one of the attachment mechanisms is engaged with the workpiece; and
a tool coupled to the platform.