Ge Infrastructure Technology, LLC

Hibot Corporation

Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia

Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich

Universita′ Di Pisa

Qbrobotics S.r.l.

Giorgio Valsecchi

Paulo Cesar Debenest

Michele Guarnieri

Selim Akin

Manuel Giuseppe Catalano

Giorgio Grioli

Giacomo Cimarelli

Antonio Bicchi

Selami Haydar Icli

Marco Hutter

Manolo Garabini

Riccardo Persichini

Fabio Bonomo

Cristiano Petrocelli

Mathew Jose Pollayil

A traction module for a robot system and a robot system using the traction module having, an outer frame and a rotating frame rotatably mounted within the outer frame. A drive system is operatively coupled to the rotating frame and configured to drive a traction drive component to propel the robot. An actuator is operatively connected to the rotating frame to controllably rotate the rotating frame. During a first portion of a rotating movement of the rotating frame, the drive system moves between a flat mode position relative to the outer frame and a clearance mode position in which the drive system extends outwardly from the outer frame to a greater extent than in the first position. During a second portion of the rotating movement of the rotating frame, the drive system may be positioned in a desired orientation to propel the robot.

Traction module for robot with variable extension positions

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Zürich, Switzerland

Giorgio Valsecchi