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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Dongsheng Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Kun Xiong, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiangyu Chen, Shenzhen, CN;
Sicheng Yang, Shenzhen, CN;
Qinqin Zhou, Shenzhen, CN;
Liangwei Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Qiwei Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Wanchao Chi, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiong Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Zhengyou Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A robot comprises a wheel-footed bimodal mechanical leg having a driving apparatus, a thigh unit, and a calf unit. A joint end of the thigh unit is hingedly connected to a joint end of the calf unit by a rotary shaft. The driving apparatus is connected to the rotary shaft by a transmission apparatus. The calf unit comprise a locking mechanism. The robot can operate in a footed mode and a wheeled mode. In the footed mode, the calf units and the rotary shafts in n mechanical legs are fixedly connected to each other, where n is an integer that is at least two. In the wheeled mode, the calf units and the rotary shafts in at least two wheel-footed bimodal mechanical legs are rotatably connected to each other.