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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Joji Isozumi, Nagakute, JP;
Kazuaki Mori, Anjo, JP;
Nobuyuki Nakane, Toyota, JP;
Hideaki Nomura, Toyota, JP;
FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD., Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a movement assistance robot in which a single type of movement assistance robot can take care of multiple users having different physical abilities. A movement assistance robotincludes a robot arm unitthat is disposed in a basetraveling using drive wheels driven by a drive source, that includes multiple arms which are mutually and relatively movable by a drive unit, and that is configured to be transformable into multiple form types respectively coping with multiple movement postures (standing-upright walking assistance mode, hand support walking assistance mode, elbow support walking assistance mode, standing-upright riding movement mode, and seat riding movement mode) of a care receiver M, a holding unitthat is disposed in a distal end portion of the robot arm unitso as to support a care receiver, a selective operation unit that selects one form type from the multiple form types, and a transformation control unit that drives the drive unit and transforms the robot arm unit into a form type selected by the selective operation unit.