Described embodiments include a system, method, and vehicle. A vehicle includes a chassis and at least two controllable limbs coupled to the chassis. The vehicle includes a respective reconfigurable foot coupled to each limb of the at least two controllable limbs. Each reconfigurable foot has a footprint cross-section configured to expand from a contracted configuration to an expanded configuration in response to a deployment-command signal. The vehicle includes a controller configured to issue the deployment-command signal to expand a reconfigurable foot of a limb of the at least two controllable limbs as the reconfigurable foot approaches a surface. In an embodiment, the vehicle includes a sensor configured to acquire data indicative of an aspect of the surface. In an embodiment, the vehicle includes a non-transitory computer readable storage device configured to store data indicative of an aspect of the surface.
CONTROLLABLE EXPANDABLE FOOT FOR LIMBED VEHICLE
2017-03-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |
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