Patent Issued for Robot, Control Device for Robot, and Control Method of Robot

摘要

The assignee for this patent, patent number 8396594, is Panasonic Corporation (Osaka, JP).nnReporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "The present invention relates to a robot that carries out a cooperative job with a person, such as a robot equipped with a robot arm for use in executing a job assist such as a power assist in factories, household, or a nursing care field, a control device and a control method for such a robot.nn"In recent years, the robot of a person cooperation type that is cooperatively operated with a person in factories and the like so as to carry out a job assist, such as a power assist, has drawn public attentions. Since the robot of such a person cooperation type is allowed to work by a person's manipulation, it is applicable to a practical job without having highly autonomous functions, and since the robot is operated under control of the person, safety is highly ensured, and in the future, such a robot is highly expected to be applied not only to factories, but also to living assistance in household or the nursing care field.