Disclosed is a mobile object including a body part, a drive part coupled to one side of the body part and including one or more wheels, and an accommodation part coupled to the other side of the body part and having an internal space capable of accommodating an article, in which the drive part is coupled to a lower region of the body part, and the body part is rotatably coupled to the drive part, and in which the accommodation part is coupled to an upper region of the body part, and the accommodation part rotatably coupled to the body part.

An autonomous robot comprises: a body, that is elongated along an axis oriented transverse to a direction of movement of the robot and, connected to the elongated body, a multispectral sensor, precisely two wheels, and a stabilizing device for controlling the pitch of the elongated body when the wheels are in motion, the wheels being in the form of spoked wheels.

A surveillance robot is adapted with a light-weight body formed with light-weight foam, wheel motors arranged within the light-weight foam and connected to wheels extending out from the body and drivable by the wheel motors, a sensor system at least partially arranged within the light-weight foam for picking up any of image, audio and environmental data, an electronic controller arranged within the light-weight foam, connected to the sensor system and wheel motors, and including a memory and a set of computer instructions that provide for surveillance robot operation, and a transceiver section connected to the electronic controller and including an antenna for transmitting and receiving commands, the image data, the audio data and/or the environmental data to or from the electronic controller. The light-weight foam substantially surrounds, supports and protects the wheel motors, sensor system, electronic controller and transceiver from mechanical shock as the robot traverses obstacles.

A surveillance robot is adapted with a light-weight body formed with light-weight foam, wheel motors arranged within the light-weight foam and connected to wheels extending out from the body and drivable by the wheel motors, a sensor system at least partially arranged within the light-weight foam for picking up any of image, audio and environmental data, an electronic controller arranged within the light-weight foam, connected to the sensor system and wheel motors, and including a memory and a set of computer instructions that provide for surveillance robot operation, and a transceiver section connected to the electronic controller and including an antenna for transmitting and receiving commands, the image data, the audio data and/or the environmental data to or from the electronic controller. The light-weight foam substantially surrounds, supports and protects the wheel motors, sensor system, electronic controller and transceiver from mechanical shock as the robot traverses obstacles.

An inspection robot, and methods and a controller thereof are disclosed. An inspection robot may include an inspection chassis including a plurality of inspection sensors and coupled to at least one drive module to drive the robot over an inspection surface. The inspection robot may also include a controller including an inspection data circuit to interpret inspection base data, an inspection processing circuit to determine refined inspection data, and an inspection configuration circuit to determine an inspection response value in response to the refined inspection data. The controller may further include an inspection response circuit to, in response to the inspection response value, provide an inspection command value while the inspection robot is interrogating the inspection surface.

A vehicle includes a frame, a first axle assembly coupled to the frame and including a first pair of tractive elements, a second axle assembly coupled to the frame and including a second pair of tractive elements, a prime mover coupled to the frame and configured to drive the first axle assembly and the second tractive assembly to propel the vehicle, a ballast movably coupled to the frame, and a ballast actuator configured to reposition the ballast relative to the frame to shift a center of gravity of the vehicle relative to the first axle assembly and the second axle assembly.

The present invention is a minimum size, maneuverable, comfortable, safe, and inexpensive compact vehicle, having a higher level of cornering/turning stability than the current state of the art. The inventive design may be applied to two-, three-, and four- (or more) wheeled vehicles. The invention may be utilized in the design of the main components of vehicles providing an increased stability during turning, even at high speeds, based on fixed and moveable chassis portions which swing in relation to one another and novel linking mechanisms connected with large and/or wide wheel portions.

An electric vehicle includes a lateral self-stabilization system and may further include a fore-aft self-stabilization system. The lateral self-stabilization system may include a controller configured to cause an actuator to laterally tilt a frame of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to an orientation of the vehicle, or portion thereof, about a roll axis. The frame of the vehicle may include any suitable structure configured to be laterally tilted by the actuator relative to an axle of the vehicle. The fore-aft stabilization system may include a motor controller configured to drive a motor of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to a pitch angle of the vehicle. In some examples, the vehicle is a robotic vehicle.

A humanoid robot and its balance control method and computer readable storage medium are provided. Expected accelerations of each of a sole and centroid of a humanoid robot corresponding to a current expected balance trajectory and an expected angular acceleration of the waist corresponding to the current expected balance trajectory are obtained based on current motion data of the sole, the centroid, and the waist, respectively first, then an expected angular acceleration of each joint meeting control requirements of the sole, the centroid, and the waist while the robot corresponds to the current expected balance trajectory is calculated based on an angular velocity of the joint, the expected accelerations of the waist, the sole, and the centroid, respectively, and then each joint of the robot is controlled to move at the obtained expected angular acceleration of the joint based on the angular displacement of the joint.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for tracking location of an inspection robot are disclosed. An example apparatus for tracking inspection data may include an inspection chassis having a plurality of inspection sensors configured to interrogate an inspection surface, a first drive module and a second drive module, both coupled to the inspection chassis. The first and second drive module may each include a passive encoder wheel and a non-contact sensor positioned in proximity to the passive encoder wheel, wherein the non-contact sensor provides a movement value corresponding to the first passive encoder wheel. An inspection position circuit may determine a relative position of the inspection chassis in response to the movement values from the first and second drive modules.