发明授权
- 专利标题: Spherical sensor and data collection vehicles
- 专利标题(中): 球形传感器和数据采集车
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申请号: US12324579申请日: 2008-11-26
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公开(公告)号: US08054198B2公开(公告)日: 2011-11-08
- 发明人: Charles B. Spinelli , Tamaira E. Ross , John L. McIver
- 申请人: Charles B. Spinelli , Tamaira E. Ross , John L. McIver
- 申请人地址: US IL Chicago
- 专利权人: The Boeing Company
- 当前专利权人: The Boeing Company
- 当前专利权人地址: US IL Chicago
- 代理机构: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- 主分类号: G08B23/00
- IPC分类号: G08B23/00 ; B62D57/00
摘要:
An inexpensive unmanned mobile sensor and data collection rolling rover (“rollver) for exploring remote, inaccessible locations, such as deep craters and canyons, includes a hollow enclosure having a flexible wall that is expandable into the shape of a sphere, an apparatus for selectably expanding the wall of the enclosure, a sensor and instrumentation payload disposed within the enclosure and coupled to an inner surface of the wall of the enclosure, and a power supply for powering the payload at its destination. The rollver is adapted to roll to a target destination at least partially in response to at least one of an initial impetus imparted to the vehicle and gravitational forces acting thereon, and due to its relatively low cost, can be simultaneously deployed and used in an area of interest in relatively large numbers.
公开/授权文献
- US20100127890A1 SPHERICAL SENSOR AND DATA COLLECTION VEHICLES 公开/授权日:2010-05-27