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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Yuichiro Kawaguchi, Wako, JP;
Taro Yokoyama, Wako, JP;
Tomoki Watabe, Wako, JP;
Minami Asatani, Wako, JP;
Yuichiro Kawaguchi, Wako, JP;
Taro Yokoyama, Wako, JP;
Tomoki Watabe, Wako, JP;
Minami Asatani, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When there is an object that has a possibility to come into contact with a robotin a desired path, the robotis decelerated stepwise according to the distance L from the robotto a predicted contact position along the desired path. For example, legsand the like of the robotare so controlled that when the distance L is less than a first threshold L, the moving speed is reduced to a first speed V, and when the distance L is less than a second threshold lower than the first threshold, the moving speed is reduced from the first speed to a second speed.