Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Masashi Shiomi

Keizo Ohta

Takao Sawano

A passive walking apparatus () according to one embodiment includes a hip portion (), a first leg (), a second leg (), and a crank mechanism () including a first-leg-side crank portion (), a second-leg-side crank portion (), a crankshaft (), a first-leg-side connection portion (), and a second-leg-side connection portion (). When the first leg () moves rearward from the front relatively to the hip portion () as being in contact with a walking surface (GR), the first-leg-side connection portion () has the first-leg-side crank portion () pivot, the first-leg-side crank portion () has the second-leg-side crank portion () pivot around the crankshaft (), and the second-leg-side crank portion () moves the second leg () forward from the rear relatively to the hip portion () with the second-leg-side connection portion () being interposed.

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Kyoto, Japan

Masashi Shiomi