Articulating apparatus
View Patent ↗The present invention discloses an articulating apparatus. The apparatus comprises one or more objects. Each object comprises one or more bobbling components. Further, two or more bobbling components of one or more objects are connected together. The apparatus further comprises one or more joining modules. The joining modules are configured to movably connect each bobbling component to the respective object and enables the two or more connected bobbling components of one or more objects to bobble synergistically in unison.
1 . An articulated apparatus, comprising:
one or more objects, wherein each object comprises one or more bobbling components, wherein two or more bobbling components of the one or more objects are connected together,
one or more joining modules configured to movably connect each bobbling component to the respective object and enables the two or more connected bobbling components of the one or more objects to bobble synergistically in unison, and
one or more connecting modules configured to connect the two or more bobbling components of the one or more objects, wherein the one or more connecting modules comprises:
a first rack and pinion set connected to at least one bobbling component, the first rack and pinion set comprising a first rack and a first pinion disposed over a first shaft, the first pinion drivingly engaged to the first rack to cause linear translation of the first rack coincident with a rotation of the first pinion,
a second rack and pinion set connected to at least another bobbling component, the second rack and pinion set comprising a second rack and a second pinion disposed over a second shaft, the second pinion drivingly engaged to the second rack to cause linear translation of the second rack coincident with a rotation of the second pinion,
a conveyer belt configured to mechanically couple the first shaft and the second shaft and transmit rotational motion between the first pinion and the second pinion, and
a spring disposed between the first and second rack, when the first rack moves toward the second rack on application of rotational force on one of the first pinion and the second pinion, the spring is configured to retract, and when the first rack moves away from the second rack on application of rotational force on one of the first pinion and the second pinion, the spring is configured to expand, thereby the one or more connecting modules imparts bobbling movement to at least two bobbling components.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more joining modules comprises one or more components selected from a group comprising one or more magnets, one or more electromagnets, a spring, a conical spring, a leaf spring, a compression spring, a torsional spring, a garter spring, a hinge joint, a pivot joint, a prismatic joint, a ball-socket joint and an electromechanical device.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more objects comprising a first object, the first object comprising at least two first bobbling components, the one or more joining modules comprising at least two first joining modules such that each first bobbling component is connected to the first object via a respective one of the first joining modules, at least two first bobbling components are attached to one another via one of the connecting modules, to enable the connected first bobbling components to bobble synergistically in unison.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more objects comprises a first object and a second object, the one or more joining modules including at least one first joining module and at least one second joining modules, the first object comprising at least one first bobbling component and the second object comprising at least one second bobbling component, wherein each first bobbling component is movably connected to the first object via one of the first joining modules and each second bobbling component is movably connected to the second object via one of the second joining modules, wherein at least one of the first bobbling components is connected to at least one of the second bobbling components via one of the connecting modules, and wherein at least one of the first bobbling components is connected to at least one of the second bobbling components via one of the connecting modules to enable the connected first and second bobbling components to bobble synergistically in unison.