公开(公告)号：US20200246965A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US15774517

申请日：2016-11-08

Applicant: STI SRL

Inventor： Riccardo Tornese

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J19/02

Abstract: The preferred field of application of the present invention concerns the control of the ambulation of the self-moving platforms, suitable to move in environments which are not necessarily known. In particular it is disclosed a technical solution that allows at the same time the manual control of the movements of such self-moving platforms (with good precision of control) and the management of the possible accidental collisions. This solution provides that the self-moving robotized platform is covered, at least partially and in its lateral surfaces with a particular coverage that acts simultaneously as a pressure sensor and as a shock-absorbing layer. They are therefore indicated some essential characteristics that make possible the definition of a set of manual intuitive commands, which are suitable to control the ambulation of such a platform. The system conceived in this way, in addition to ensuring a limitation of the damage in cases of collision, allows an operator to move a platform, irrespective of its weight, just by exerting slight thrusts in the desired directions; It will be also possible to give commands for movements along curved trajectories, or to impart rotations to the same platform.