Title:
SERPENTING ROBOTIC CRAWLER FOR PERFORMING DEXTEROUS OPERATIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/080788
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A serpentine robotic crawler having multiple dexterous manipulators supported about multiple frame units. The frame units are connected via an articulating linkage at proximal ends wherein the articulating linkage is capable of positioning the frames into various configurations. Dexterous manipulators are coupled to distal ends of the frame units and are positionable via the articulating linkage and articulating joints therein into various positions about the frame ends. The configurations and positioning of the dexterous manipulators allows the robotic crawler to perform coordinated dexterous operations.
Inventors:
SMITH FRASER M (US)
OLIVIER MARC X (US)
MCCULLOUGH JOHN (US)
OLIVIER MARC X (US)
MCCULLOUGH JOHN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2014/055673
Publication Date:
August 06, 2015
Filing Date:
September 15, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RAYTHEON CO (US)
International Classes:
B25J3/04; B25J5/00; B25J9/00; B25J9/06; B25J13/02
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
JOHNSON, Christopher L. (Suite 350Sandy, Utah, US)
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