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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2003
Osamu Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Teruomi Nakaya, Tokyo, JP;
Seizo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Heihachiro Kamimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sachiko Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Sasa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Teruomi Nakaya, Tokyo, JP;
Seizo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Heihachiro Kamimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kotaro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sachiko Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Sasa, Tokyo, JP;
National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A robot is obtained having various functions that are demanded for planetary landing vehicles, extreme operations robots or the like, in particular to provide a leg structure for a robot that is capable of getting up itself when overturned, facilitating take-off and landing on uneven ground, and that has a walking function and that has a hand function capable of three-dimensional operation. A robot comprises a main robot body and at least three legs mounted on this main body for enabling three-dimensional movement of the main robot body such as a self-erecting action or walking action; each leg is constituted by a multi-joint arm having a plurality of said offset rotary joints linked together and has a ground-engaging member mounted at the leading end of the arm, so that each leg is capable of independently controlled three-dimensional movement and drive.