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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicants:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
Innovbot, Llc, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jizhong Xiao, River Edge, NJ (US);
Kenshin Ushiroda, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Assignees:
Research Foundation of The City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
InnovBot, LLC, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/265 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 55/265 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive unit for driving a robot along an inclined surface is disclosed. An endless tread engages a pair of wheels to define a planar bottom surface of the endless tread. A vacuum motor pulls air through holes in the endless tread when the holes are aligned with a vacuum opening.