Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Tsuyoshi Tojo

Tohru Nakamura

Soichiro Fujioka

Akinobu Okuda

Osamu Mizuno

Yoshihiko Matsukawa

Rie Takahashi

Akihiro Ohta

Takanobu Tanimoto

Yuki Takenaka

A drug container is arranged in a horizontal state where a central axis extends along a horizontal direction, and the drug container is rotated about the central axis. In such a way, a drug solution in the drug container is moved along an inner surface of the drug container, and the drug container is reciprocally vibrated along the central axis in a state where the drug container is rotated, to stir the drug solution.

Stirring method

A medicine mixing apparatus transfusing a medicine using a syringe includes a medicine cassette holding a medicine container, a lifting unit moving the medicine cassette upward and downward to a middle position or a lower position of a main body while maintaining a horizontal attitude of the medicine cassette, a first holding portion held by the main body, and a second driving unit which drives a plunger of the syringe held by the first holding portion to transfuse the medicine.

Medicine transfusion apparatus and medicine transfusion method

Provided is an automatic hair washing apparatus for washing person's hair in a safe and effective manner without applying a straining force on person's neck. An automatic hair washing apparatuscomprises a bowlhaving a head support; washing unitsL andR arranged with the head supportinterposed therebetween, the support shafts thereof being attached to the bowl; a driving section for rotating the washing unitsL andR about the respective support shaftsL andR; and a control section for controlling the driving of the driving section; wherein each of the washing unitsL andR comprises a plurality of contactson a surface opposite to the surface supported by the support shaftL andR.

Automatic hair washing apparatus

A syringe drive device drives a syringe including a cylindrical cylinder and a piston. The cylinder includes a solution supply port at one end, and an opening at the other end. The piston is inserted into the cylinder through the opening. The syringe drive device includes a cylinder holder to rotatably hold the cylinder of the syringe, and a piston driver to drive the piston in its axial direction with respect to the cylinder held in the cylinder holder.

Syringe drive device

A syringe drive deviceincludes: a syringe holding section; a piston manipulating section; and a display section. An outer tubeof a syringeis detachably held by the syringe holding section. A pistonof the syringeis detachably engaged with the piston manipulating section. The piston manipulating sectionmoves in a direction in response to an operation of operation buttonsA andB, and the pistonis thereby moved in a direction where the piston is pushed into or pulled out from the outer tube. An internal pressure of a medicinal solution container punctured with an injection needleattached to the outer tubeof the syringeis measured and displayed on the display section

Syringe drive device and medication dispensing apparatus

A manipulator is provided with an arm, an arm, a holding section, a first joint section pivotally interconnecting the arm and the arm, a second joint section pivotally interconnecting the arm and the holding section, a first joint driving section capable of driving the first joint section, a second joint driving section capable of driving the second joint section, a member specifying section for specifying one of the arms which has a possibility of collision with an obstacle or which has collided with the obstacle, and a control device for controlling the first joint driving section and the second joint driving section to pivotally move the one of the arms specified by the member specifying section in a direction away from the obstacle, and pivotally move the other of the arms in a direction toward the obstacle.

Manipulator and method of controlling the same

A structure is provided with a first member at a base end side, a third member at a leading end side, a second member arranged between the first and third members, and a coupling force generator for generating a first coupling force for pressing an end surface of the first member and that of the second member against each other and a second coupling force for pressing an end surface of the second member and that of the third member against each other. In this structure, the first and third members are relatively displaced upon the application of an external force larger than a coupling force generated between the end surface of the first member and that of the second member by the first coupling force, whereas the second and third members are relatively displaced upon the application of an external force larger than a coupling force generated between the end surface of the second member and that of the first member by the second coupling force.

Structure, manipulator and structure control system

A manipulator includes a main unit movable to a specified target position, an arm unit rotatably provided on the main unit, and a posture controller. The posture controller controls the posture of the arm unit so that a front surface of the arm unit facing forward in a moving direction of the main unit is not orthogonal to the moving direction of the main unit when the movement of the main unit is performed. The arm unit may be inclined obliquely backward with respect to a moving direction of the main unit when the main unit is moved to a specified target position.

Manipulator and manipulator posture control method

A robot arm has a drive gear that has a shaft, a gear frame being capable of turning about the shaft of the drive gear, a first follower gear being capable of turning, in synchronization with the drive gear, about a shaft fixed to the gear frame, in a direction opposite to the turning direction of the drive gear, a transmission control mechanism that is capable of locking the first follower gear to the drive gear, an arm that moves in synchronization with the first follower gear, and a collision detection unit that is capable of detecting a collision between the arm and an obstacle. The transmission control mechanism unlocks the follower gear from the drive gear in response to detection, by the collision detection unit, of a collision between the arm and the obstacle. The robot arm enables quick cushioning of the impact force of the collision.

Robot arm

A cooking assistance robot is capable of efficient mixing using ingredients that are unlikely to be evenly heated. The cooking assistance robot performs cooking by physically moving ingredients in a cooking container selects a mixing direction for leveling a mountain and performs a mountain leveling operation in the selected mixing direction in a presence of a mountain of a specified height or higher in the cooking container.

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Osaka, Japan

Tsuyoshi Tojo