Title:
BUFFER DEVICE, AND ROBOT COMPRISING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/045396
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A buffer device for buffering an impact transmitted from a first object to a second object, wherein the buffer device is characterized in comprising: an outer shell that contains the first object and is configured from a flexible elastic body; a sensor for detecting an external force applied to the outer shell by the second object, an external force applied to the first object by the second object via the outer shell, or a physical quantity that corresponds to either of these external forces; and an action suppression device for suppressing action of the first object and the outer shell on the basis of a detection value derived by the sensor.
Inventors:
MURAKAMI JUNICHI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/033442
Publication Date:
March 05, 2020
Filing Date:
August 27, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B25J19/06; B25J19/00
Foreign References:
| JP2017209758A | 2017-11-30 | |||
| JP2017205867A | 2017-11-24 | |||
| JP2017140660A | 2017-08-17 | |||
| JP2001239479A | 2001-09-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PATENT CORPORATE BODY ARCO PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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