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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Douglas Martin Linn, White Lake, MI (US);
Robert O. Ambrose, Houston, TX (US);
Myron A. Diftler, Houston, TX (US);
Scott R. Askew, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Platt, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua S. Mehling, League City, TX (US);
Nicolaus A. Radford, League City, TX (US);
Phillip A. Strawser, Houston, TX (US);
Lyndon Bridgwater, Houston, TX (US);
Charles W. Wampler, Ii, Birmingham, MI (US);
Muhammad E. Abdallah, Houston, TX (US);
Chris A. Ihrke, Hartland, MI (US);
Matthew J. Reiland, Oxford, MI (US);
Adam M. Sanders, Holly, MI (US);
David M. Reich, Huntsville, AL (US);
Brian Hargrave, Dickenson, TX (US);
Adam H. Parsons, Tulsa, OK (US);
Frank Noble Permenter, Webster, TX (US);
Donald R. Davis, Brighton, MI (US);
Douglas Martin Linn, White Lake, MI (US);
Robert O. Ambrose, Houston, TX (US);
Myron A. Diftler, Houston, TX (US);
Scott R. Askew, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Platt, Houston, TX (US);
Joshua S. Mehling, League City, TX (US);
Nicolaus A. Radford, League City, TX (US);
Phillip A. Strawser, Houston, TX (US);
Lyndon Bridgwater, Houston, TX (US);
Charles W. Wampler, II, Birmingham, MI (US);
Muhammad E. Abdallah, Houston, TX (US);
Chris A. Ihrke, Hartland, MI (US);
Matthew J. Reiland, Oxford, MI (US);
Adam M. Sanders, Holly, MI (US);
David M. Reich, Huntsville, AL (US);
Brian Hargrave, Dickenson, TX (US);
Adam H. Parsons, Tulsa, OK (US);
Frank Noble Permenter, Webster, TX (US);
Donald R. Davis, Brighton, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A humanoid robot includes a torso, a pair of arms, two hands, a neck, and a head. The torso extends along a primary axis and presents a pair of shoulders. The pair of arms movably extend from a respective one of the pair of shoulders. Each of the arms has a plurality of arm joints. The neck movably extends from the torso along the primary axis. The neck has at least one neck joint. The head movably extends from the neck along the primary axis. The head has at least one head joint. The shoulders are canted toward one another at a shrug angle that is defined between each of the shoulders such that a workspace is defined between the shoulders.