US 12,078,279 B2
Mobile robot
Rebecca Leigh Cook, Charleston, SC (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,271.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,757, filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0301967 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 55/34 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/44 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 55/34 (2013.01) [B25J 5/00 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); F16L 55/44 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot comprising:
a body comprising a first body segment, a second body segment, and a third body segment connected along a longitudinal axis, the third body segment having an outer dimension transverse to the longitudinal axis smaller than an inner dimension of second body segment such that the third body segment is slidable into the second body segment along the longitudinal axis, the second body segment having an outer dimension transverse to the longitudinal axis smaller than an inner dimension of the first body segment such that the second body segment is slidable into the first body segment along the longitudinal axis; the first body segment and third body segment each having at least two legs extending non-parallel to the longitudinal axis and configured to extend outwardly and retract inwardly relative to the body to enable the body to move within an operating environment; and
an end effector connected to an end of the body.