CN220145953U - Old accompanying robot - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an elderly accompanying robot which comprises a robot body, wherein a mechanical arm is arranged on the robot body, and the whole mechanical arm can axially move along the robot body from the joint of the mechanical arm and the robot body. The elderly accompanying robot with the structure mainly aims at the elderly living alone with self-care ability of 60-80 years old, and provides the elderly with the functions of physical assistance, daily care and emotion accompanying under the scene of home care so as to meet the physiological, psychological and social demands of the elderly.

Description

Old accompanying robot

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a household robot, in particular to a household robot for elderly accompaniment.

Background

The aged companion robot is an intelligent robot capable of interacting and communicating with the aged, and aims to provide independent life and personal care support for the aged, and the aged companion robot comprises social interaction, daily life assistance, health monitoring, emergency call and other functions. They are often equipped with techniques such as voice recognition, face recognition, speech synthesis, intelligent control, etc., and are continually learned by means of artificial intelligence, big data analysis, etc., to better provide more personalized, more careful services to elderly users. Under the increasing and medical health-care status of the aging society, the aged companion robot becomes one of the future potential technological solutions.

The existing old person accompanying robot has the main functions of psychological accompanying, cognitive care and affinity management in the use scene of the old person. Because of the lack of mobility, the existing elderly accompanying robots are mainly concentrated on the emotion accompanying of the elderly in function, and have a defect in the assistance of life, particularly in the assistance of physical strength.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide an elderly accompanying robot which can grasp objects from different directions and different heights through a mechanical arm so as to assist the elderly in life.

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the robot comprises a robot body, wherein a mechanical arm is arranged on the robot body, and the whole mechanical arm can axially move along the robot body from the joint of the mechanical arm and the robot body; the robot comprises a robot body, a robot body and a control unit, wherein the robot body comprises a movable base and a trunk part arranged on the base, and the trunk part can rotate; an axial chute or a slide rail is arranged on the side surface of the trunk part, a mounting seat which can slide along the chute or the slide rail is arranged in the chute or on the slide rail, the mechanical arm is connected with the trunk part by using a mounting seat, so that operation tasks (for example, taking articles) with different directions and different heights can be performed by the mechanical arm.

As an improvement, a rotating motor for driving the mechanical arm to rotate is arranged on the mounting seat. Correspondingly, a driving mechanism for driving the mounting seat to slide along the axial direction is arranged in the trunk part corresponding to the sliding groove or the sliding rail.

As an improvement, the mechanical arm comprises an upper arm, a forearm and a functional component which are connected in sequence; the upper arm is connected with the robot body; the functional components are connected with the front arm, the front arm and the upper arm and the robot body through multi-angle rotary connectors.

As an improvement, the base is provided with a rotation motor for driving the trunk to rotate. I.e. the torso member is rotatable 360 degrees relative to the base member in different directions.

As an improvement, the front face of the trunk part is provided with a touch screen for man-machine interaction and an expression display screen for expressing emotion.

As an improvement, a camera is arranged in front of the base.

As an improvement, a laser radar is arranged in front of the base.

As an improvement, a storage space is arranged behind the trunk part, and the cover plate is used for closing the storage space.

As an improvement, atmosphere lamps are arranged on two sides of the base.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the elderly accompanying robot with the structure mainly aims at the elderly living alone with self-care ability of 60-80 years old, and provides the elderly with the functions of physical assistance, daily care and emotion accompanying under the scene of home care so as to meet the physiological, psychological and social demands of the elderly.

The robot for the elderly companion provided by the utility model is provided with the mechanical arm, and the mechanical arm can move up and down integrally, so that the movement range of the mechanical arm is increased, and the robot can be very handy for taking articles at high places or articles at low places, thereby better assisting the elderly and improving the life quality of the elderly; and further, the trunk portion of this robot can rotate, compares promptly and 360 rotations in the base to make the arm can realize different orientation, not various operation tasks of co-altitude, and then better supplementary old person improves old person's quality of life, also greatly reduced the incident that old person led to because of climbing etc..

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below. Like elements or portions are generally identified by like reference numerals throughout the several figures. In the drawings, elements or portions thereof are not necessarily drawn to scale. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that the drawings in the following description are of some embodiments of the utility model and that other drawings may be derived from these drawings without inventive faculty.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an aged companion robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic view illustrating another angle of the senior companion robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a joint of a robot arm in an aged companion robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating an installation of a rotation motor in an aged companion robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present utility model.

The marks in the figure: 1 base, 2 trunk portion, 3 arm, 4 mood display screen, 5 man-machine interaction touch-sensitive screens, 6 status display lamp, 7 atmosphere lamp, 8 laser radar, 9 cameras, 10 spouts or tracks, 11 apron, 12 switch, 13 charge mouths, 14 rotation motors, 31 upper arm, 32 forearm, 33 functional unit, 34 rotating electrical machines, 35 mount pad.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In this document, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to represent elements are used only for facilitating the description of the present utility model, and have no particular meaning in themselves. Thus, "module," "component," or "unit" may be used in combination.

The terms "upper," "lower," "inner," "outer," "front," "rear," "one end," "the other end," and the like herein refer to an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and do not denote or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

The terms "mounted," "configured to," "connected," and the like, herein, are to be construed broadly as, for example, "connected," whether fixedly, detachably, or integrally connected, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited; the two components can be mechanically connected, can be directly connected or can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with each other. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Herein, "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Herein, "plurality" means two or more, i.e., it includes two, three, four, five, etc.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Chinese patent application CN2019105832717 discloses an intelligent endowment companion robot. The robot head top is provided with a microphone annular array for voice input, the head and the back are provided with cameras for acquiring simple image information, video call and photographing, the robot shoulder is provided with a binocular camera for acquiring depth images in the space, the left side and the right side of the robot waist are provided with stereo double loudspeakers for facilitating sound transmission, the front part of the robot waist is provided with depth information for providing partial images, and the robot leg is provided with a laser radar for detecting objects existing in the space and establishing a two-dimensional map of the space; the bottom of the robot is provided with a hub motor for providing moving power; the touch sensor is arranged at the position including the head, the shoulders, the hands and the ears of the robot. The accompanying robot is provided with a mechanical arm for helping to take articles, so that the accompanying robot can be used as an aid for the elderly living.

However, in practical use, since the elderly have a certain risk of climbing up, the lower depression has a great influence on the waist, so that the articles actually needed to be taken are often articles with higher positions, such as a tray placed above a cabinet, or articles with lower positions, such as falling garbage. However, the working range of the mechanical arm in the prior art is limited, so that the old people are difficult to take articles at high or low positions.

Therefore, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present utility model provides an aged companion robot, which comprises a robot body, wherein a mechanical arm 3 is mounted on the robot body, and the whole mechanical arm 3 can move along the axial direction of the robot body from the joint of the mechanical arm 3 and the robot body. The mechanical arm 3 moves up and down along the axis of the robot body, so that the stroke of the mechanical arm 3 in the up-down direction can be greatly increased, higher or lower articles can be taken, the meaning of assisting in taking the articles is greatly increased for the old, the articles are saved from climbing up or falling down in person, and the danger is reduced.

Of course, since the companion robot should be more humanoid, the robot body should be upright, so that the movement along its axis is in fact approximately up-and-down.

Specifically, an axial chute or a slide rail 10 is arranged on the side surface of the robot body, a mounting seat 35 capable of sliding along the chute or the slide rail 10 is arranged in the chute or on the slide rail 10, and the mechanical arm 3 is connected with the robot body by using the mounting seat 35. After the mechanical arm 3 is connected to the mounting base 35, the driving mechanism (a driving motor disposed in the trunk of the robot body, not shown in the figure) drives the mounting base 35 to slide along the sliding chute or the sliding rail 10, so as to drive the mechanical arm 3 to slide on the sliding chute or the sliding rail 10.

In this embodiment, the mechanical arm 3 includes an upper arm 31, a forearm 32, and a functional unit 33 (or an execution end) connected in sequence; wherein the upper arm 31 is connected to the robot body (specifically, the upper arm 31 is connected to the robot body through the mount 35); the functional modules 33 are connected to the forearm 32, the forearm 32 is connected to the upper arm 31, and the upper arm 31 is connected to the robot body by a multi-angle rotary connector (e.g., an articulation member). Therefore, the whole mechanical arm 3 has higher activity degree, and can complete the taking work of various angles. The functional module 33 may be replaced more in need, for example, to grasp an article, and then the jaws may be used.

In addition, in order to further increase the mobility of the mechanical arm 3, a rotating motor 34 that drives the mechanical arm 3 to rotate is provided on the mount 35. The joint of the mechanical arm 3 and the robot body can be rotated by 360 degrees.

In the present utility model, the robot body includes a movable base 1 and a trunk portion 2 attached to the base 1, wherein the trunk portion 2 is rotatable. In order to make the trunk 2 realize 360 ° rotation, the base 1 is provided with a rotation motor 14 for driving the trunk 2 to rotate, see fig. 4. Therefore, the robot can rotate to different directions when taking objects, and the connection part between the bottom of the trunk part and the base adopts a circular structure for smooth transition, so that the trunk part rotates to any angle and cannot interfere with other directions. It is foreseen that in order to allow the movement of the base 1, rollers are provided on the base. Specifically, the base is provided with a differential rotation rear wheel and a guiding front wheel. Of course, other mechanisms capable of driving the base 1 to move are also possible, and the utility model is not limited to the above.

In order to make the robot more vivid, the front of the robot trunk part 2 is provided with the emotion display screen 4 for expressing emotion, so that the emotion display screen can display expressions such as happiness, depression, doubt, heart injury and the like, and the substitution feeling and the atmosphere feeling are stronger.

In order to facilitate the interaction between the old and the robot, the front face of the trunk part 2 is also provided with a man-machine interaction touch screen 5, and commands can be issued to the robot according to the prompt of the man-machine interaction touch screen 5, so that the operation of the old is facilitated.

For displaying the working state of the robot, the front face of the trunk part 2 can be provided with a state phase display lamp 6, for example, a green representing working state and a red representing standby lamp, so that the old can know the current working state of the robot conveniently.

In order to enable the robot to automatically recognize the route operation, a camera 9 and a laser radar 8 are arranged in front of the base 1. The vision system and the radar system are utilized to acquire surrounding environment information so as to plan a route.

In order to facilitate placement after taking the articles, a storage space is arranged behind the robot trunk part 2, and the robot trunk part further comprises a cover plate 11 for closing the storage space. Of course, a switch 12 for opening and closing the cover plate 11 can be arranged, so that the use is convenient. Preferably, the storage space is a storage box which can rotate at a certain angle relative to the trunk 2. Specifically, the storage box is surrounded by the cover plate and each side plate arranged on the cover plate to form a storage space with an opening at the top or an opening at the side (for placing objects), so that when the cover plate is opened, the cover plate rotates by a certain angle to expose the opening for placing objects, and correspondingly, when the cover plate rotates reversely by a corresponding angle, the storage box returns to the trunk part 2 and is sealed by the cover plate.

In addition, the atmosphere lamps 7 are arranged on the two sides of the robot base 1, so that the overall appearance of the robot can be improved, the robot base can also be used as a width indicating lamp, and the situation that the old people carelessly collide with the robot at night is avoided.

Of course, the robot needs to be driven by electric power, so that the charging port 13 is further arranged behind the base 1, and charging can be performed through a contact, or wireless charging can be performed.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The embodiments of the present utility model have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present utility model is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and many forms may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present utility model and the scope of the claims, which are to be protected by the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. An old person accompanies robot, its characterized in that: the robot comprises a robot body, wherein a mechanical arm is arranged on the robot body, and the whole mechanical arm can axially move along the robot body from the joint of the mechanical arm and the robot body; the robot comprises a robot body, a robot body and a control unit, wherein the robot body comprises a movable base and a trunk part arranged on the base, and the trunk part can rotate; the body part side is provided with axial spout or slide rail, in the spout or install on the slide rail can follow spout or slide rail gliding mount pad, the arm utilizes the mount pad with the body part is connected.

2. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: the mounting seat is provided with a rotating motor for driving the mechanical arm to rotate.

3. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: the mechanical arm comprises an upper arm, a forearm and a functional assembly which are connected in sequence; the upper arm is connected with the robot body; the functional components are connected with the front arm, the front arm and the upper arm and the robot body through multi-angle rotary connectors.

4. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: the base is provided with a self-rotating motor for driving the trunk to rotate.

5. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: the front face of the trunk part is provided with a touch screen for man-machine interaction and an expression display screen for expressing emotion.

6. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: and a camera is arranged in front of the base.

7. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: and a laser radar is arranged in front of the base.

8. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: and atmosphere lamps are arranged on two sides of the base.

9. The aged companion robot of claim 1 wherein: the trunk portion rear is provided with the storing space, still includes the apron that is used for sealing the storing space.

10. The aged companion robot of claim 9 wherein: the storage space is rotationally connected with the trunk part.