公开(公告)号：US11255071B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16672462

申请日：2019-11-03

申请人： WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

发明人： Haichao Chang ,  Wenhe Shen ,  Xuan Cheng ,  Run Tian ,  Zhengchen Lian ,  Lingkai Guan

IPC分类号： E02F3/88 ,  E21C50/00 ,  E02F3/94

摘要： A robot and a collecting method for collecting polymetallic nodules in deep-sea are provided. The robot includes an underwater moving carrier and a collecting module, and the collecting module is fixedly mounted on the underwater moving carrier. The collecting module includes a collecting frame, a collecting pump, a rack and a collecting tube, the collecting frame is installed at the bottom of the rack, and the collecting pump is a piston pump, which includes a piston and a cylinder with open lower-end. The upper part of the cylinder is a collecting area, the lower part is a piston stroke area, the collecting tube is connected to the cylinder of the collecting area, and a check valve is arranged in the middle of the piston.