The
publication describes the design of a walking machine, the ball support joint of which contains a
flexible element - an analogue of the ligamentum capitis femoris (LCF). The proposed machine can be used to explore other
planets. The practical
implementation of this idea has already begun: «Robot dog trains to walk on
Moon in Oregon trials» [bbc.com]
STEPPING
MACHINE
(Шагающая машина)
Patent Application
RU2009137007A
Inventor
Сергей Васильевич Архипов
(Sergey Vasilyevich
Arkhipov)
Original Assignee
Сергей Васильевич Архипов
(Sergey Vasilyevich
Arkhipov)
Application RU2009137007/11A events
2009-10-06 Application filed by Сергей Васильевич Архипов (RU), Sergey Vasilyevich Arkhipov
2009-10-06 Priority to RU2009137007/11A
2011-04-20 Publication of RU2009137007A
Claims
A walking
machine comprising a system of movably connected housings to which two walking
movers are movably connected, consisting of two or more levers movably
connected and a support element in the lower part, all moving connections of
the walking mover are equipped with dampers and power drives, and the levers,
support elements, power drives, dampers and housings can be equipped with the
necessary sensors, while all movable joints are closed with reinforced covers,
contain lubricant, can be supplied with elastic damping elements, and the
surfaces of friction pairs can have special coatings, in addition to this, the
housing contains a power unit, a power source, stabilization, orientation,
control and navigation systems, and can be equipped with walking supports,
wheels, as well as tracks with their own power drives, or manipulators,
characterized in that the main body is movably connected to two additional side
bodies, each of which is provided with a spherical recess in which a movable
ball head of the upper end of the upper about the lever, made in the form of a
bracket, and the ball head is connected by a flexible elastic element with the
bottom of the shaped groove made in a spherical recess, and the upper lever
forms an open angle with the underlying lever in the unbent position, in
addition to this body, the levers and support elements can be interconnected
flexible elastic elements located both inside and outside the movable joints.
Description of the invention
Description in Russian is available at the link: 2009АрхиповСВ (the blog has a translation function).
External links:
Arkhipov SV. Stepping machine. Application for invention № 2009137007 (052355) dated
October 10, 2009. [in Russian] (Архипов СВ. Шагающая машина. Заявка на изобретение №2009137007 (052355) от
06.10.2009.) [patents.google]
Keywords:
ligamentum capitis femoris, ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur, stepping machine, walking machine, ball joint, joint with flexible elements
.
MECHANICS AND ROBOTICS