US 12,168,377 B2
Stair climbing robotic vehicle
Smruti Panigrahi, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Kurt Lundeen, Novi, MI (US); Sanghyun Hong, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,837.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034117 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60P 1/36 (2006.01); B62D 21/14 (2006.01); B62D 57/024 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/016 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60P 1/36 (2013.01); B62D 21/14 (2013.01); B62D 57/024 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. A method to operate a robotic vehicle, the method comprising:
detecting, by the robotic vehicle, a stair structure located on a traversal path of the robotic vehicle;
evaluating, by the robotic vehicle, the stair structure;
modifying, by the robotic vehicle, a longitudinal dimension of a chassis of the robotic vehicle based on evaluating the stair structure; and
traversing the stair structure based on modifying the longitudinal dimension of the chassis of the robotic vehicle.