Robert John Ambrose

US Patent:

D628609, Dec 7, 2010

Filed:

Apr 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

29/359105

Inventors:

Douglas Martin Linn - White Lake MI, US
Chris A. Ihrke - Hartland MI, US
Robert O. Ambrose - Houston TX, US
Joshua S Mehling - League City TX, US
Myron A Diftler - Houston TX, US
Adam H Parsons - Tulsa OK, US
Nicolaus A Radford - League City TX, US
Lyndon Bridgwater - Houston TX, US
Heather Bibby - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. - Detroit MI
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center - Houston TX
Oceaneering Space Systems - Houston TX

International Classification:

1599

US Classification:

D15199

US Patent:

8511964, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Sep 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/564084

Inventors:

Douglas Martin Linn - White Lake MI, US
Robert O. Ambrose - Houston TX, US
Myron A. Diftler - Houston TX, US
Scott R. Askew - Houston TX, US
Robert Platt - Houston TX, US
Joshua S. Mehling - League City TX, US
Nicolaus A. Radford - League City TX, US
Phillip A. Strawser - Houston TX, US
Lyndon Bridgwater - Houston TX, US
Muhammad E. Abdallah - Houston TX, US
Chris A. Ihrke - Hartland MI, US
Matthew J. Reiland - Oxford MI, US
Adam M. Sanders - Holly MI, US
David M. Reich - Huntsville AL, US
Brian Hargrave - Dickenson TX, US
Adam H. Parsons - Tulsa OK, US
Frank Noble Permenter - Webster TX, US
Donald R. Davis - Brighton MI, US

Assignee:

GM Global Technology Operations LLC - Detroit MI
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC

International Classification:

B25J 11/00

US Classification:

414680, 294106, 294111

Abstract:

A humanoid robot includes a torso, a pair of arms, two hands, a neck, and a head. The torso extends along a primary axis and presents a pair of shoulders. The pair of arms movably extend from a respective one of the pair of shoulders. Each of the arms has a plurality of arm joints. The neck movably extends from the torso along the primary axis. The neck has at least one neck joint. The head movably extends from the neck along the primary axis. The head has at least one head joint. The shoulders are canted toward one another at a shrug angle that is defined between each of the shoulders such that a workspace is defined between the shoulders.

US Patent:

20150083509, Mar 26, 2015

Filed:

Sep 20, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/032473

Inventors:

- Washington DC, US
- Detroit MI, US
Chunhao J. Lee - Troy MI, US
Robert O. Ambrose - Houston TX, US
William J. Bluethmann - Houston TX, US
Lucien Q. Junkin - Houston TX, US
Jonathan J. Lutz - League City TX, US
Raymond Guo - Seabrook TX, US
Anthony Joseph Lapp - Houston TX, US
Justin S. Ridley - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

The U.S.A. As Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B60W 30/18
B60T 13/74
B60W 10/192
B60W 10/08
B60W 10/20
B60K 7/00
B62D 5/04

US Classification:

180204

Abstract:

A modular robotic vehicle includes a chassis, driver input devices, an energy storage system (ESS), a power electronics module (PEM), modular electronic assemblies (eModules) connected to the ESS via the PEM, one or more master controllers, and various embedded controllers. Each eModule includes a drive wheel containing a propulsion-braking module, and a housing containing propulsion and braking control assemblies with respective embedded propulsion and brake controllers, and a mounting bracket covering a steering control assembly with embedded steering controllers. The master controller, which is in communication with each eModule and with the driver input devices, communicates with and independently controls each eModule, by-wire, via the embedded controllers to establish a desired operating mode. Modes may include a two-wheel, four-wheel, diamond, and omni-directional steering modes as well as a park mode. A bumper may enable docking with another vehicle, with shared control over the eModules of the vehicles.