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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Azusa Amino, Hitachinaka, JP;
Junichi Tamamoto, Kasumigaura, JP;
Ryosuke Nakamura, Hitachinaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide a robot whose degree of freedom of design is not limited, and which has simple structure and further reduces load of an actuator of a neck part, the present invention provides a robot at least including a head part, a body part, and a neck link which connects the head part and the body part, wherein a surrounding object distance measurement means is provided adjacently to the neck link and in an upper portion of the body part between the head part and the body part, and a distance scanning field of the surrounding object distance measurement means is provided in parallel with a horizontal plane.