Granted Patent B2

US 12,496,708 · App. 18/268,502 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Inventors: Masayuki Kamon (Hyogo, JP); Tomoki Oka (Hyogo, JP)

Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

B25J9/162B25J9/0009B25J15/0491B25J19/005

Abstract

Claims (13)

1 . A robot, comprising:

a self-propelled carriage;

one or more robotic arms that are mounted on the carriage and allows one or more end effectors to be attached thereto and detached therefrom;

a storage that is mounted on the carriage and allows, to be stored, the one or more end effectors removed from the one or more robotic arms and the one or more end effectors to be attached to the one or more robotic arms; and

a covering that is mounted on the carriage and covers the storage from above.

2 . The robot of claim 1 , wherein the storage allows the one or more end effectors to be stored and extracted from above, and

wherein the covering is operable between a closed state in which the storage is covered from above and an open state in which the storage is opened upwardly.

3 . The robot of claim 2 , wherein the covering is operated into one or both of the closed state and the open state by using the one or more end effectors by the one or more robotic arms.

4 . The robot of claim 2 , further comprising a drive that operates the covering into one or both of the closed state and the open state.

5 . The robot of claim 1 , further comprising a lifter mounted on the carriage, wherein the lifter raises and lowers the one or more robotic arms.

6 . The robot of claim 5 , wherein the storage is disposed at a height accessible to the one or more robotic arms moved to a lowest position by the lifter.

7 . The robot of claim 1 , further comprising a rechargeable battery mounted on the carriage as a power source, the rechargeable battery being disposed adjacent to the one or more robotic arms,

wherein the storage is disposed above the rechargeable battery.

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