IP Library Granted Patent US 12679485
Granted Patent B2
US 12679485 · App. 18/140,678 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills and attitude adjustment method

Inventors: Xiaoli Li (Hangzhou, CN); Wenkai Zhang (Hangzhou, CN); Xuelun Luo (Hangzhou, CN); Yong He (Hangzhou, CN); Qinghai He (Hangzhou, CN); Yueping Xu (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Zhejiang University
B62D55/116B62D55/065B62D55/112
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Patent No.
US 12679485
App. No.
18/140,678
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills and an attitude adjustment method, relating to the technical field of intelligent agricultural equipment in mountainous and hilly regions. The unmanned vehicle includes a frame and side arms arranged on both sides of the frame. The lower end of each side arm is provided with a traveling device, and each side arm is provided with an attitude adjustment device. The attitude adjustment devices are respectively connected to both sides of the frame, and the attitude adjustment devices are configured to adjust an attitude of the frame. The frame is provided with a control structure and a triaxial angle sensor, both of which are electrically connected to the control structure, and the triaxial angle sensor is configured to detect an angle of inclination of the frame. The unmanned vehicle can achieve the slope adaptation in the mountainous and hilly areas.

Claims (16)

1 . An unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills, comprising a frame and side arms arranged on both sides of the frame, wherein the lower end of each side arm is provided with a traveling device, and each side arm is provided with an attitude adjustment device; the attitude adjustment devices are respectively connected to both sides of the frame, and are configured to adjust an attitude of the frame; the frame is provided with a control structure and a triaxial angle sensor, both of which are electrically connected to the control structure, and the triaxial angle sensor is configured to detect an angle of inclination of the frame, and

wherein the attitude adjustment device comprises a main sliding structure, an auxiliary sliding structure, an anti-rollover suspension, and a hydraulic pull rod; the hydraulic pull rod is electrically connected to the control structure, the main sliding structure and the auxiliary sliding structure are both arranged on the side arm; one end of the anti-rollover suspension is hinged to the frame, and the other end of the anti-rollover suspension is hinged to the auxiliary sliding structure; one end of the hydraulic pull rod is hinged to the frame, and the other end of the hydraulic pull rod is hinged to the main sliding structure; and the frame is hinged to the main sliding structure and the auxiliary sliding structure by connecting structures, respectively.

2 . The unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills according to claim 1 , wherein the number of auxiliary sliding structures in each attitude adjustment device is two, and the two auxiliary sliding structures are respectively located on both sides of the main sliding structure.

3 . The unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills according to claim 1 , wherein each connecting structure comprises a first hinged connecting plate and a second hinged connecting plate, the first hinged connecting plate is hinged to the second hinged connecting plate, the first hinged connecting plate is arranged on the main sliding structure or the auxiliary sliding structure, and the second hinged connecting plate is arranged on the side face of the frame.

4 . The unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills according to claim 1 , wherein the main sliding structure comprises a stepping motor, a main guide rail slider, a lead screw, and a main guide rail fixing plate; the stepping motor is electrically connected to the control structure, the stepping motor is arranged on the side arm, and the power output end of the stepping motor is connected to one end of the lead screw; the main guide rail slider is threaded to the lead screw, the main guide rail fixing plate is arranged on the main guide rail slider, and the other end of the hydraulic pull rod is hinged to a pull rod hinged plate on the main guide rail fixing plate.

5 . The unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary sliding structure comprises an auxiliary slide rail, an auxiliary guide rail slider, and a positioning slide rod; the auxiliary slide rail is arranged on the side arm, the positioning slide rod is arranged in the auxiliary slide rail, the auxiliary guide rail slider is sleeved outside the positioning slide rod, the auxiliary guide rail slider is able to slide along the auxiliary slide rail, and the other end of the anti-rollover suspension is hinged to a suspension hinged plate on the auxiliary guide rail slider.

6 . The unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is trapezoidal, and the frame is of a gantry structure.

7 . An attitude adjustment method using an unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills comprising a frame and side arms arranged on both sides of the frame, wherein the lower end of each side arm is provided with a traveling device, and each side arm is provided with an attitude adjustment device; the attitude adjustment devices are respectively connected to both sides of the frame, and are configured to adjust an attitude of the frame; the frame is provided with a control structure and a triaxial angle sensor, both of which are electrically connected to the control structure, and the triaxial angle sensor is configured to detect an angle of inclination of the frame, comprising the following steps:

after the unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills is started, setting a threshold angle α through a human-computer interaction interface of a control structure; and

in the slope-adaptive attitude adjustment process of the frame, after the unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills starts to operate, starting to acquire, by the triaxial angle sensor, the angle of inclination of the frame; if the angle of inclination is greater than the threshold angle α, powering on a solenoid valve of a hydraulic pull rod to enable the hydraulic pull rod to be in an active state; calculating, by an upper computer, a difference value between an actual angle of inclination and the threshold angle α into the number of rotation turns of a stepping motor; converting, by a single-chip microcomputer system of a lower computer, a calculation result into corresponding pulse; controlling the stepping motor by a motor driver, horizontally adjusting the frame until the actual angle of inclination of the frame is less than or equal to a, enabling the stepping motor to stop rotating, powering off and resetting the solenoid valve of the hydraulic pull rod, locking the frame by the hydraulic pull rod, thus completing the slope-adaptive attitude adjustment stage of the unmanned vehicle suitable for mountains and hills; and circulating the control process to achieve real-time dynamic adjustment.

8 . The attitude adjustment method according to claim 7 , wherein the attitude adjustment device comprises a main sliding structure, an auxiliary sliding structure, an anti-rollover suspension, and a hydraulic pull rod; the hydraulic pull rod is electrically connected to the control structure, the main sliding structure and the auxiliary sliding structure are both arranged on the side arm; one end of the anti-rollover suspension is hinged to the frame, and the other end of the anti-rollover suspension is hinged to the auxiliary sliding structure; one end of the hydraulic pull rod is hinged to the frame, and the other end of the hydraulic pull rod is hinged to the main sliding structure; and the frame is hinged to the main sliding structure and the auxiliary sliding structure by connecting structures, respectively.

9 . The attitude adjustment method according to claim 8 wherein the number of auxiliary sliding structures in each attitude adjustment device is two, and the two auxiliary sliding structures are respectively located on both sides of the main sliding structure.

10 . The attitude adjustment method according to claim 8 , wherein each connecting structure comprises a first hinged connecting plate and a second hinged connecting plate, the first hinged connecting plate is hinged to the second hinged connecting plate, the first hinged connecting plate is arranged on the main sliding structure or the auxiliary sliding structure, and the second hinged connecting plate is arranged on the side face of the frame.

11 . The attitude adjustment method according to claim 8 , wherein the main sliding structure comprises a stepping motor, a main guide rail slider, a lead screw, and a main guide rail fixing plate; the stepping motor is electrically connected to the control structure, the stepping motor is arranged on the side arm, and the power output end of the stepping motor is connected to one end of the lead screw; the main guide rail slider is threaded to the lead screw, the main guide rail fixing plate is arranged on the main guide rail slider, and the other end of the hydraulic pull rod is hinged to a pull rod hinged plate on the main guide rail fixing plate.

12 . The attitude adjustment method according to claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary sliding structure comprises an auxiliary slide rail, an auxiliary guide rail slider, and a positioning slide rod; the auxiliary slide rail is arranged on the side arm, the positioning slide rod is arranged in the auxiliary slide rail, the auxiliary guide rail slider is sleeved outside the positioning slide rod, the auxiliary guide rail slider is able to slide along the auxiliary slide rail, and the other end of the anti-rollover suspension is hinged to a suspension hinged plate on the auxiliary guide rail slider.

13 . The attitude adjustment method according to claim 7 , wherein the frame is trapezoidal, and the frame is of a gantry structure.