Lifting robot for loading and unloading a wheelchair into / from a vehicle and method for operating a lifting robot

摘要

The invention relates to a lifting robot (1) for loading and unloading a wheelchair (20) into / from a vehicle, comprising a drive unit (2) with at least two driven, actively steerable wheels (3), one on the drive unit (2) Support device (4) with at least two passively rotatably mounted castors (5), a lifting device (6) for loading and lifting the wheelchair (20), an environment sensor (7), and a control (8), the control (8) is set up to drive the lifting robot (1) at least temporarily in an automated manner and for this purpose to receive environment data recorded by means of the environment sensor system (7) and to control the drive unit (2) on the basis of the received environment data, the controller (8) also being configured to when activating the drive unit (2), a state and a behavior of the at least two passively rotatably mounted swivel castors (5) must be taken into account. The invention also relates to a method for operating a lifting robot (1) for loading and unloading a wheelchair (20) into / from a vehicle.