Variable topology operation wheel leg type moving mechanism
Technical Field
The invention relates to a walking robot technology, in particular to a variable topology operation wheel-leg type moving mechanism.
Background
Chinese patent CN108995728A discloses a "high-mobility wheel-foot composite robot", in which a moving wheel-foot module is formed by designing the shape of a shank rod of a leg structure into an arc shape, and adjusting the outer contour of the shank rod by a motor to form a circular wheel shape, and the motor is self-locked to form the switching of a foot-wheel mode. But the required leg structure of its constitution single round is more, requires the precision higher.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims at the problems that the existing foot type robot has strong terrain adaptability and obstacle crossing capability, but the movement speed is slow; the wheel type robot has high speed when running on a flat road surface, but has poor terrain adaptability and obstacle crossing performance, and provides a variable topology operation wheel leg type moving mechanism for combining the advantages of the wheel type robot and a foot type robot.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: a variable topology operation wheel leg type moving mechanism is designed, and is characterized in that the moving mechanism comprises a first motor, a frame, a first connecting rod, a second motor, an output rod, a second connecting rod, a push rod connecting block and a crank wheel; the first motor is fixedly connected with a fixed hole in the rack through a bolt, a D-shaped output shaft of the first motor is fixedly connected with a D-shaped hole in the center of the crank wheel, the crank wheel is rotatably connected with the push rod connecting block, a mounting groove at one end of the push rod connecting block is fixedly connected with a fixed end of the push rod through a bolt, an output end of the push rod is fixedly connected with a mounting groove in the output rod and rotatably connected with a second connecting rod, the second motor is fixedly connected with the fixed hole in the first connecting rod through a bolt, an output shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected with the second connecting rod through a jackscrew, and the first connecting rod is rotatably connected with the rack; the first motor, the second motor and the push rod are all connected with a control system.
The cross section of the rack is of an L-shaped structure, a fixing hole is formed in the large plane and used for mounting and fixing the first motor, and a through hole is formed in the left end and used for manual locking during mode switching;
one end of the first connecting rod is provided with a fixing hole for mounting and fixing a second motor, and a through hole is arranged at a position close to the center and used for manual locking during mode switching;
the section of the output rod is rectangular, and one end of the output rod is provided with an installation groove for connecting and fixing the output end of the push rod;
one end of the second connecting rod is provided with a through hole for manual locking during mode switching;
the section of the push rod connecting block is rectangular, and one end of the push rod connecting block is provided with a mounting groove for connecting and mounting a push rod fixing end;
the crank wheel is of a flat plate structure with a circular section, and a D-shaped hole is formed in the center and used for being connected with a first motor.
The control system can control the mechanism to realize the movement of two modes, the first mode is that the second motor is electrified, the included angle between the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod is changed, the push rod is in the original length, the through hole on the first connecting rod and the through hole on the second connecting rod are aligned and locked manually, the mechanism is in a closed chain leg type structure, and the first motor drives the crank wheel to rotate in the whole circle to realize the movement of the leg type mode; in the second mode, the second motor is electrified, the included angle between the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod is changed, the push rod extends to the maximum, the through hole in the first connecting rod and the through hole in the rack are aligned and locked manually, the mechanism is of a wheel type structure based on a parallelogram, the first motor drives the crank wheel to rotate in the whole circle, and the second motor drives the first connecting rod to rotate in the whole circle, so that the movement in the wheel type mode is realized.
The first motor is a direct current motor, and the second motor is a small servo motor.
The wheel-leg moving mechanism with variable topology operation is characterized in that the moving mechanism can be used as a modular moving unit for forming a wheel-leg moving platform.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the variable topology operation wheel-leg type moving mechanism has two working modes of leg type and wheel type, wherein the leg type working mode has the characteristics of good obstacle crossing performance and capability of passing through uneven road surfaces, the wheel type mode can move on the flat road surfaces at high speed, and the two working modes can be switched according to different road surface conditions and working requirements.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional diagram of a wheel-leg type moving mechanism with variable topology operation
FIG. 2 three-dimensional view of a frame
FIG. 3 three-dimensional view of the first link
FIG. 4 three-dimensional drawing of the output shaft
FIG. 5A three-dimensional view of a second link
FIG. 6 is a three-dimensional view of a push rod connection block
FIG. 7 three-dimensional drawing of a crank wheel
FIG. 8 three-dimensional view of the leg mode of operation of the mechanism
Figure 9 three-dimensional view of the mechanism in the wheel mode of operation
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a hexapod robot composed of a variable topology operating wheel-leg type moving mechanism
Detailed Description
The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings. The scope of the claims of the present application is not limited to the description of the embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a variable topology operating wheel leg type moving mechanism, which is characterized in that: a variable topology operation wheel leg type moving mechanism comprises: the device comprises a first motor (1), a frame (2), a first connecting rod (3), a second motor (4), an output rod (5), a second connecting rod (6), a push rod (7), a push rod connecting block (8) and a crank wheel (9); the first motor (1) is fixedly connected with a fixed hole (2-b) on the frame (2) through a bolt, a D-shaped output shaft of the first motor (1) is fixedly connected with a D-shaped hole at the center of a crank wheel (9), the crank wheel (9) is rotatably connected with a push rod connecting block (8), a mounting groove (8-a) at one end of the push rod connecting block (8) is fixedly connected with the fixed end of a push rod (7) through a bolt, the output end of the push rod (7) is fixedly connected with a mounting groove (5-a) on the output rod (5), the second motor (4) is fixedly connected with a fixing hole (3-a) on the first connecting rod (3) through a bolt, an output shaft of the second motor (4) is fixedly connected with the second connecting rod (6) through a jackscrew, and the first connecting rod (3) is rotatably connected with the rack (2); the first motor (1), the second motor (4) and the push rod (7) are connected with a control system.
As shown in figure 2, the section of the frame (2) is of an L-shaped structure, a fixing hole (2-b) is arranged on a large plane and used for installing and fixing the first motor (1), and a through hole (2-a) is arranged at the left end and used for manual locking during mode switching.
As shown in fig. 3, one end of the first connecting rod (3) is provided with a fixing hole (3-a) for mounting and fixing the second motor (4), and through holes (3-b, c) are provided near the center for manual locking during mode switching;
as shown in fig. 4, the section of the output rod (5) is rectangular, and one end of the output rod is provided with an installation groove (5-a) for connecting and fixing the output end of the push rod;
as shown in fig. 5, one end of the second connecting rod (6) is provided with a through hole (6-b) for manual locking during mode switching;
as shown in fig. 6, the section of the push rod connecting block (8) is rectangular, and one end of the push rod connecting block is provided with an installation groove (8-a) for connecting and installing the push rod fixing end;
as shown in fig. 7, the crank wheel (9) is a flat plate structure with a circular section, and a D-shaped hole is formed in the center of the crank wheel and used for connecting the first motor (1).
The first motor (1) is a direct current motor, and the second motor (4) is a small servo motor.
The wheel-leg moving mechanism with variable topology operation is characterized in that the moving mechanism can be used as a modular moving unit for forming a wheel-leg moving platform, and a schematic diagram of a hexapod robot formed by the wheel-leg moving mechanism is shown in fig. 10.
The working principle and the process of the invention are as follows: the variable topology operation wheel leg type moving mechanism realizes the movement of two modes, the first mode is that the second motor (4) is electrified, the included angle between the first connecting rod (3) and the second connecting rod (6) is changed, the push rod (7) is in the original length, when the through hole (3-b) on the first connecting rod (3) and the through hole (6-b) on the second connecting rod (6) are in alignment and manually locked, the mechanism is in a closed chain leg type structure, the first motor (1) drives the crank wheel (9) to rotate in the whole circle, the movement of the leg type mode is realized, and as shown in a three-dimensional drawing of the mechanism in the leg type working mode in figure 8; in the second mode, the second motor (4) is electrified, the included angle between the first connecting rod (3) and the second connecting rod (6) is changed, the push rod (7) extends to the maximum, so that the through hole (3-c) in the first connecting rod (3) and the through hole (2-a) in the rack (2) are aligned and locked manually, the mechanism is a wheel type structure based on a parallelogram, the first motor (1) drives the crank wheel (9) to rotate in the whole circle, the second motor (4) drives the first connecting rod (3) to rotate in the whole circle, and the movement in the wheel type mode is realized, and as shown in fig. 9, the mechanism is a three-dimensional diagram in the wheel type working mode.