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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Fujita, Saitama, JP;
Kazufumi Oyama, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/9418 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/9418 ;
Abstract
A robot device having a plurality of component units connected together and controller detachably mounted on one of the component units for driving and controlling each the component units in a prescribed state. The control device is easily exchangeable for another control device. The robot device may further include a storing device detachably mounted on the respective component unit for storing desired behavior type information. The storing device is readily exchangeable for another storing device having stored therein different behavior type information.