Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BALANCING AIRCRAFT WITH ROBOTIC ARMS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/071592
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A hover-capable flying machine such as a drone includes a robotic arm extending from the body, and an instrumentality for balancing the machine in response to disturbances such as those caused by picking up and dropping of the payload by the extended robotic arm. In embodiments, the end of the arm is equipped with a balancing rotor assembly that may provide lift sufficient to counteract the weight of the payload and/or of the arm. In embodiments, the machine's power pack is shifted in response to the disturbances. The power pack may be moved, for example, on a rail within and/or extending beyond the machine in a direction generally opposite to the extended arm. The power pack may also be built into a bandolier-like device that can be rolled-in and rolled out, thus changing the center of gravity of the machine.
Inventors:
POLTORAK ALEXANDER (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/056216
Publication Date:
June 28, 2018
Filing Date:
October 11, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
POLTORAK ALEXANDER (US)
International Classes:
B64D1/00
Foreign References:
| ES2508990A1 | 2014-10-16 | |||
| US20090050750A1 | 2009-02-26 | |||
| US20150160658A1 | 2015-06-11 | |||
| US20150298799A1 | 2015-10-22 | |||
| US8794566B2 | 2014-08-05 | |||
| US20100012769A1 | 2010-01-21 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3526119A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WEISER, Anatoly (US)
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