A robot bumper including a bumper body having a forward surface and a top surface angling away from the forward surface. The bumper body conforms to a shape of a received robot chassis. The robot bumper also includes a force absorbing layer disposed on the bumper body, a membrane switch layer comprising a plurality of electrical contacts arranged along the top surface of the bumper body, and a force transmission layer disposed between the force absorbing layer and the membrane switch layer. The force transmission layer includes a plurality of force transmitting elements configured to transmit force to the membrane switch layer.
Compliant Solid-State Bumper for Robot
2015-07-02
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / A47L DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING , Waschen oder Reinigen im Haushalt / B25J Manipulatoren , MANIPULATORS / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |
Experimental Study of a Compliant Bumper System
SAE Technical Papers | 1983
|Experimental study of a compliant bumper system
Kraftfahrwesen | 1983
|Experimental Study of a Compliant Bumper System
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1983
|An experimental study of a modified compliant bumper
Kraftfahrwesen | 1985
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