This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 108105495, filed Feb. 19, 2019, which is herein incorporated by reference.
The disclosure relates to a robotic system. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a detachable robotic system.
With the development of science technology, a vacuum sweeping machine provided in the industry not only can automatically move around and clean, but also can be additionally equipped with an functional device such as a camera or a speaker, so as to provide more functions for the vacuum sweeping machine.
However, since the current functional device still cannot be securely positioned on the vacuum sweeping machine effectively, the connection quality between the functional device and the vacuum sweeping machine will be worsen, or the risk of the functional device being fallen from the vacuum sweeping machine to disconnect the functional device from the vacuum sweeping machine will be increased when climbing over the obstacles.
In one embodiment of the disclosure, a detachable robot system is provided, and includes a mobile working machine and an intelligent device. The mobile working machine includes a first main body, a transmission wheel device and a first connection module. The first connection module and the transmission wheel device are oppositely arranged on the first main body. The transmission wheel device is used to load and move the first main body, and the first connection module includes a first fastening portion and a first conductive contact. The intelligent device includes a second main body and a second connection module. The second main body is completely removable from the first main body. The second connection module is disposed on the second main body, and includes a second fastening portion and a second conductive contact. Thus, when the intelligent device is loaded on the mobile working machine, a bottom portion of the second main body is fixedly coupled to a top portion of the first main body by the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion engaged with each other, so that the first conductive contact and the second conductive contact are aligned and connected to each other.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the intelligent device further includes a receiving recess formed on the bottom portion of the second main body. The second connection module further includes a floating base and a cushion module. The floating base is movably retained within the receiving recess. The second conductive contact and the second fastening portion are respectively disposed on the floating base, and the cushion module is disposed in the floating base, and connected to the floating base and the second main body.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the floating base includes an outer rim portion and a protruding body, the outer rim portion is fixedly connected to one side of the protruding body, projects outwardly from the protruding body to surround the protruding body, the receiving recess is formed with an inner side surface and an adjoining surface, and the adjoining surface is adjoined to the inner side surface for interfering with the outer rim portion from moving outwards from the receiving recess. Thus, when the intelligent device is loaded on the mobile working machine, a vertical gap is formed between the adjoining surface and the outer rim portion, and a horizontal gap is formed between the inner side surface and the protruding body.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the cushion module further includes a plurality of cushion springs. The cushion springs are symmetrically arranged on one surface of the floating base being opposite to the mobile working machine. The second conductive contact includes a spring connector. The resilient force of the spring connector is less than the resilient force of each of the cushion springs.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the first fastening portion includes two position-limited slots. The first conductive contact is located between the position-limited slots. The second fastening portion includes two hooking portions, and the second conductive contact is located between the hooking portions, each of the hooking portions is pivotally connected to the second main body for being rotatably moved into and engaged within one of the position-limited slots.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the second connecting module further includes two elastic members respectively located in the floating base. Each of the elastic members is connected to the floating base and one of the hooking portions, respectively.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, each of the hooking portions includes an L-shaped member, a pivot shaft and a hook body. The L-shaped member has a first rod body and a second rod body which are adjoined to each other. Each of the elastic members abuts against the second rod body and the floating base. The pivot shaft is disposed on a junction portion of the first rod body and the second rod body, and is used to pivot the L-shaped member to the floating base. The hook body is disposed on the first rod body of the L-shaped member so as to be removably hooked on one of the position-limited slots.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the hook bodies are faced to each other or faced away from each other.
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, in the detachable robot system, the mobile working machine further includes a first magnetic body being embedded in the first main body. The intelligent device further includes a second magnetic body being embedded in the second main body to align with the first magnetic body. Thus, the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body are magnetically attracted to each other when the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion are engaged with each other.
In one embodiment of the disclosure, a detachable robot system is provided, and includes a mobile working machine and an intelligent device. The mobile working machine includes a first main body, a transmission wheel device, at least one position-limited slot and a first conductive contact. The position-limited slot and the first conductive contact are respectively disposed at a top portion of the first main body. The transmission wheel device is arranged at a bottom portion of the first main body, and configured to load and move the first main body. The intelligent device includes a second main body, at least one hooking portion, a linkage member and a second conductive contact. The second main body is completely removable from the top portion of the first main body. The hooking portion is pivotally connected to the second main body. One end of the hooking portion is removably engaged with the position-limited slot. The linkage member is disposed in the second main body, and connected to the second main body and the other end of the hooking portion. The second conductive contact is disposed on a bottom portion of the second main body, and is removably connected to the first conductive contact. The linkage member includes a cushion spring. Thus, when the intelligent device is vertically ascended relative to the mobile working machine so that the second main body rotates the hooking portion to move away from the position-limited slot with the linkage member, the second main body is separated from the first main body, and the second conductive contact is separated from the first conductive contact.
Thus, through the construction of the embodiments above, the detachable robot system can be effectively loaded or unloaded the intelligent device from the mobile working machine under an unmanned automation environment. Thus, the problem of the conductive contacts failing to be properly positioned to cause signal instability due to misalignment can be avoided, and the risk of the intelligent device being fallen from the mobile working machine will be reduced when climbing over the obstacles.
The above description is merely used for illustrating the problems to be resolved, the technical methods for resolving the problems and their efficacies, etc. The specific details of the disclosure will be explained in the embodiments below and related drawings.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. In the drawings,
Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts. According to the embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure.
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The intelligent device 200 includes a second main body 210 and a second connection module 230. The second main body 210 is completely removable from the first main body 110. The second connection module 230 is disposed on the second main body 210, and is used to removably contact with the first connection module 130. The second connection module 230 includes a second fastening portion 260 and a plurality of second conductive contacts 280.
In the embodiment, the second main body 210 includes a second top portion 211, a second bottom portion 212 and a second outer lateral surface 213. The second top portion 211 and the second bottom portion 212 are opposite to each other, and the second outer lateral surface 213 surrounds the second top portion 211 and the second bottom portion 212, and adjoins the second top portion 211 and the second bottom portion 212, respectively. The second connection module 230 is disposed on the second bottom portion 212 of the second main body 210. In other embodiments, the second connection module 230 may also be located at other positions of the second main body 210.
The connecting seat 140 includes a projection portion 141 and a surrounding groove 143. The surrounding groove 143 is concavely formed on one surface of the connecting seat 140 being opposite to the first circuit board 150, and the surrounding groove 143 surrounds the projection portion 141. The projection portion 141 includes a plurality of first through holes 142. The first through holes 142 are spaced arranged on the projection portion 141 according to the predetermined arrangement mentioned above. The first conductive contacts 170 respectively, for example, are conductive posts, and embedded in the first through holes 142, respectively. One end of each of the first conductive contacts 170 is soldered to the first circuit board 150, and the other end is located within one of the first through holes 142 to be exposed outwards from the surface of the projection portion 141 being opposite to the first circuit board 150. The first fastening portion 160 includes two position-limited slots 161, and the position-limited slots 161 are respectively formed on two opposite sides of the projection portion 141 respectively facing towards the surrounding groove 143. The first conductive contacts 170 are located between the position-limited slots 161. In the embodiment, each of the position-limited slots 161 further includes a guiding portion 162 and a slot inlet 163. The guiding portion 162 is located above the slot inlet 163 to adjoin the slot inlet 163.
More specifically, the receiving recess 220 includes a notch 221, a third groove 222 and a fourth groove 223. The notch 221 is concavely formed on the second bottom portion 212 of the second main body 210. The third groove 222 is formed between the notch 221 and the fourth groove 223. The size of the third groove 222 is greater than the size of the notch 221 and the size of the fourth groove 223. The fourth groove 223 is formed on a groove bottom of the third groove 222. The floating base 231 includes an outer rim portion 232 and a protruding body 233. The outer rim portion 232 is fixedly connected to one side of the protruding body 233, and the outer rim portion 232 projects outwardly from the protruding body 233 to surround the protruding body 233.
When the intelligent device 200 has not been loaded on the mobile working machine 100, the outer rim portion 232 is movably retained within the third groove 222. The protruding body 233 is located within the notch 221 such that an inner side surface 221F of the notch 221 surrounds the protruding body 233 so as to form a horizontal gap 224 between the inner side surface 221F of the notch 221 and the protruding body 233. The third groove 222 is formed with an adjoining surface 222F therein. The adjoining surface 222F adjoins the inner side surface 221F of the notch 221 to interfere with the outer rim portion 232 from moving outwards from the receiving recess 220.
The cushion module 240 further includes a plurality (e.g., four) of cushion springs 241. The cushion springs 241 are symmetrically arranged on one surface of the floating base 231 being opposite to the mobile working machine 100. Exemplarily, the cushion springs 241 are symmetrically arranged on one surface of the outer rim portion 232 being opposite to the mobile working machine 100. Thus, before the intelligent device 200 has been loaded on the mobile working machine 100, the cushion springs 241 enable the floating base 231 to be in a preloaded state, that is, the cushion springs 241 mutually provide a uniform force for pushing the floating base 231 towards the notch 221 so that the outer rim portion 232 of the floating base 231 is pushed to abut against the adjoining surface 222F of the third groove 222 without being randomly swayed.
The floating base 231 further includes an annular protrusion 234 and a plurality of second through holes 237. The annular protrusion 234 is formed on one surface of the protruding body 233 being opposite to the outer rim portion 232 to surround and define a sunken portion 238. Furthermore, one surface of the annular protrusion 234 being opposite to the sunken portion 238 is further formed with a guided slope 235. The second through holes 237 are spaced arranged in the sunken portion 238 according to the predetermined arrangement mentioned above. The second conductive contacts 280 respectively, for example, are conductive posts, and embedded in the second through holes 237, respectively. One end of each of the second conductive contacts 280 is soldered to the second circuit board 250, and the other end is projected into the sunken portion 238 from one of the second through holes 237. The second fastening portion 260 includes two hooking portions 270. The hooking portions 270 are respectively formed on the annular protrusion 234, for example, the hooking portions 270 are respectively disposed in two trenches 236 which are arranged oppositely on the annular protrusion 234. The second conductive contacts 280 are located between the hooking portions 270. Each of the hooking portions 270 is pivotally connected to the second main body 210, that is, each of the hooking portions 270 is rotatably disposed in one of the trenches 236 for being engaged with one of the position-limited slots 161. For example, each of the second conductive contacts 280 includes a spring connector 128 (e.g., Pogo Pin). Each of the spring connector 281 can be compressed to be shortened in length, and will be restored to the original long form by its resilience when it is no longer compressed. The resilient force of the spring connector 281 is less than the resilient force of each of the cushion springs 241.
In addition, in the embodiment, the second connection module 230 further includes two elastic members 239 respectively located in the floating base 231. Each of the elastic members 239 is connected to the floating base 231 and one of the hooking portions 270, respectively, that is, each of the elastic members 239 is disposed within one of the trenches 236 and abuts against the bottom of one of the trenches 236 and one of the hooking portions 270, respectively. For example, each of the elastic members 239 is, for example, a compression spring or the like.
For example, more particularly, each of the hooking portions 270 includes an L-shaped member 271, a pivot shaft 272 and a hook body 273. The L-shaped member 271 has a first rod body 271A and a second rod body 271B which are adjoined to each other. The long axis direction of the first rod body 271A intersects the long axis direction of the second rod body 271B. Each of the elastic members 239 abuts against the second rod body 271B and the floating base 231. The pivot shaft 272 is disposed on a junction portion of the first rod body 271A and the second rod body 271B, and is used to pivot the L-shaped member 271 to the floating base 231. The hook body 273 is disposed on the first rod body 271A of the L-shaped member 271 so as to be removably hooked on one of the position-limited slots 161. The hook bodies 273 of the hooking portions 270 are faced to each other.
It is noted, since the arrangement positions of the first conductive contacts 170 and the second conductive contacts 280 are designed in correspondence to the first fastening portion 160 (
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On the other hand,
In each of the aforementioned embodiments, the mobile working machine 100 is a vacuum sweeping machine, and the dust sweeping machine has a dust suction opening (not shown in figures). The dust suction opening is located at the first bottom portion of the first main body 110. However, the disclosure is not limited to the type of mobile working machine. For example, in other embodiments, the mobile working machine may also be a mopping machine, a security patrol machine. In addition, the aforementioned intelligent device is not limited to a smart home device, a multimedia player, a security monitoring device, a smart secretary device or an air cleaner.
Although the disclosure has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claims should not be limited to the description of the embodiments contained herein.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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