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Granted Patent B2
US 12,454,062 · App. 18/565,642 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Nursing care robot

Inventor: Yoshinao Sodeyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
B25J11/009B25J5/007B25J19/023
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Patent No.
US 12,454,062
App. No.
18/565,642
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nursing care robot according to the present disclosure includes: a head section; a chest section; an arm section mounted on the chest section; a movable neck provided between the head section and the chest section, and having a neck joint axis; a movable shoulder provided between the chest section and the arm section, and having a shoulder joint axis; and a movable hip provided below the chest section, and having a hip joint axis, in which, as viewed from a side direction in a standard posture, the neck joint axis is offset in a backward direction from the shoulder joint axis, and the hip joint axis is offset in a forward direction from the shoulder joint axis.

Claims (76)

1. A robot comprising:

a head section including an eyeball section;

a chest section;

an arm section mounted on the chest section;

a movable neck provided between the head section and the chest section, and having a neck joint axis;

a movable shoulder provided between the chest section and the arm section, and having a shoulder joint axis; and

a movable hip provided below the chest section, and having a hip joint axis, wherein,

as viewed from a side direction in an upright posture, the neck joint axis is offset in a backward direction from the shoulder joint axis, and the hip joint axis is offset in a forward direction from the shoulder joint axis, wherein

the eyeball section includes

a transparent solid cylindrical section having a first end surface and a second end surface,

a display that is provided on side of the first end surface of the transparent solid cylindrical section, and displays an operation of an iris, and

a hemispherical transparent spherical section that is provided on side of the second end surface of the transparent solid cylindrical section and outputs display light from the display incoming through the transparent solid cylindrical section, and wherein

a center position of an eyeball of the eyeball section is configured to be offset inward from a center position of an outer periphery of the hemispherical transparent spherical section.

2. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

0< L 2/ L 1<1.5, and

0.2 <L 5/ L 4<0.6

are satisfied,

where L1 indicates a distance between the hip joint axis and the shoulder joint axis in a front-back direction, L2 indicates a distance between the shoulder joint axis and the neck joint axis in the front-back direction, L4 indicates a distance between the hip joint axis and the shoulder joint axis in an up-down direction, and L5 indicates a distance between the shoulder joint axis and the neck joint axis in the up-down direction.

3. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

3.3 <L 7 /L 6<5.0

is satisfied,

where L6 indicates a total head height in the upright posture, and L7 indicates a height of the robot in the upright posture.

4. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

the eyeball section is disposed at a position lower than a center position in an up-down direction of the head section.

5. The robot according to claim 4 , wherein

0.2 <L 17/ L 6<0.5

is satisfied,

where L6 indicates a total head height in the upright posture, and L17 indicates a distance from a center position of the eyeball section to a bottom of a chin of the head section in the up-down direction.

6. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

0.3 <L 5/ L 6<0.6

is satisfied,

where L5 indicates a distance between the shoulder joint axis and the neck joint axis in an up-down direction, and L6 indicates a total head height in the upright posture.

7. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

1.3 <L 18/ L 17<2.5, and

0.4< L 19/ L 17≤1.0

are satisfied,

where L17 indicates a distance from a center position of the eyeball section to a bottom of a chin of the head section in an up-down direction, L18 indicates a distance from the center position of the eyeball section to the shoulder joint axis in the up-down direction, and L19 indicates a distance from the center position of the eyeball section to the neck joint axis in the up-down direction.

8. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

a motion range of a pitch axis of the movable neck is configured to be made larger in an upward direction than in a downward direction.

9. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

a face front surface section of the head section is configured to be located behind a front surface section of the chest section as viewed from the side direction in the upright posture.

10. The robot according to claim 9 , wherein

0

<

L

⁢

2

/

L

⁢

1

<

1.5

,

and

(

1

)

0.2

<

L

⁢

5

/

L

⁢

4

<

0.6

(

2

)

is satisfied,

where L21 indicates a distance from the neck joint axis to the face front surface section of the head section as viewed from the side direction in the upright posture, and L22 indicates a distance from the neck joint axis to the front surface section of the chest section as viewed from the side direction in the upright posture.

11. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein a distance image sensor is provided on a front upper section of the head section.

12. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein a vital sensor is provided on a front upper section of the chest section.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2026
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: HANAMOFLOR INC.
Reel/Frame 075567/0231 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: SODEYAMA, YOSHINAO
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065715/0986 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-097442 · Jun 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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