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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Kenichi Shirato, Kyoto, JP;
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A pushcart configured to perform inverted pendulum control is made likely to negotiate a step. In a first control mode, a main body is maintained to have a constant posture by performing the inverted pendulum control all the time. For example, when a user operates a selector switch, the control mode is changed to a second control mode in which offset torque is added so that an amount of torque applied to a wheel driver unit becomes larger. In this case, because the pushcart moves faster than usual, even if there exists a step that is hard to negotiate in the state of usual inverted pendulum control, the pushcart is likely to negotiate that step.