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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Bondaryk, Brookline, MA (US);
Eric Krotkov, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 5/00 (2006.01); B60D 1/36 (2006.01); B60D 1/46 (2006.01); B62B 3/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B62B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B 5/0069 (2013.01); B60D 1/36 (2013.01); B60D 1/465 (2013.01); B62B 3/005 (2013.01); B62B 3/02 (2013.01); B62B 5/0033 (2013.01); B62B 5/0079 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Hitch mounted robot systems and methods for operating the same are disclosed. A hitch mounted robot system includes a coupling mechanism that is insertable into a hitch receiver on a vehicle and a height adjustment mechanism coupled to the coupling mechanism. The height adjustment mechanism automatically moves the coupling mechanism in a system vertical direction to lift the hitch mounted robot system off a ground surface when the coupling mechanism is inserted into the hitch receiver.