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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Takara Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yohei Kuroda, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuharu Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A robot arm apparatus is provided and includes: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit; and a driving control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling driving of the joint unit. If a malfunction is detected in at least one of the joint unit, the driving control unit controls the driving of the joint unit in a state in which a certain restriction is imposed on motion of the arm unit, and drives the arm unit to avoid the malfunction.