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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Yosuke Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Kimitaka Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Kimitaka Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomy Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A robot toy including: a first block including a servo; a second block connected to the first block by fitting an output shaft of the servo into a boss; and a servo control section. The servo is provided with, a first disk to rotate with the output shaft; a second disk provided facing the first rotating disk to rotate relatively to the first rotating disk in a plane parallel to the first rotating disk according to user operation; and an angle detection section to detect a relative angle between predetermined reference lines on the first and second disks. The servo control section includes a center position control section to rotate the output shaft and the first rotating disk, and to control the servo while a position of the servo, when the relative angle is 0, is at a center position.