WALKING ROBOT Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering. SUBSTANCE: flexible bands 2 are attached to stops 3 represented in the shape of bars made of the resilient material. The stop is held by levers 4 having bearing plates 5 from the housing side. Load-bearing members 7 are secured to the plates by means of ball supports 6. The other side of the load-bearing members is secured to the housing through ball supports 8. In its lower part the stop has shock-absorbing gasket 9. Each load-bearing member is connected up to the control unit and can be switched on independently. When load-bearing members 7 are contracted, levers 4 and one stop 3 rise above the bearing surface. When they are unclamped, this stop is transferred nearer to the front one. Then load-bearing members 7 of stop 3 following the front one are switched on. Thus the robot moves. Changing the direction of the stop displacement, one changes the direction of the motion. Shock-absorbing gaskets 9 serve for the intensification of the linkage and for the softer contact with the surface on which the robot stands. The walking robot of such design can freely travel along the surface having a lot of narrow ravines or along the sharp lateral surfaces of prisms, it does not upset a balance, it can travel in the sandy soil and in the swampy ground. EFFECT: facilitated manufacture. 2 cl, 2 dwg