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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
Akichika Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Tetsuharu Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/088 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 11/0005 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot apparatus includes a reception arm determination unit that determines from a left arm or a right arm of a user a reception arm which is used in handing of an object; a hand location calculation unit that calculates a current location of a hand of the reception arm; and a handing operation unit that performs an object handing operation at the location of the hand of the reception arm which is calculated using the hand location calculation unit.