| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a travelling device and robot having enhanced performances of traveling at a soft ground such as sand land and muddy ground. <P>SOLUTION: The robot includes a body 1 and travelling devices 2 arranged at the right side and the left side of this body 1. Each of the travelling devices 2 has a front side wheel 10 and a rear side wheel 10 and an endless cover belt 20 made of a resilient material that are removably applied in tension over these wheels 10. The wheel 10 has a rigid wheel body 11 and a tire 12 of a resilient material installed at the outer periphery of the wheel. The tire 12 has many ground contacting rugs 16 at its outer periphery. The cover belt 20 has a major section 25 and a pair of locking sections 26 protruded from both side edges of the major section 25 toward its inner periphery side. The major section 25 of the cover belt 20 keeps a contact with the extremity ends of the grounding rugs 16 and the locking sections 26 abut against the sides of the grounding rugs 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
