Patent · US Active

Humanoid robot and shoulder joint assembly thereof

US8322250B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
22References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 2009
Grant dateDec 4, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 12, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20329
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A humanoid robot to naturally imitate various motions and gestures of humans and a shoulder joint assembly thereof is disclosed. The humanoid robot includes a first shoulder joint device disposed between a body and an arm of the robot, to move the arm. The entire first shoulder joint device is movable relative to the body. For this, a second shoulder joint device may be installed between the body and the first shoulder joint device to move the first shoulder joint device.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.