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US 10,357,881 B2Granted
Multi-segment social robot
AssigneeSqn Venture Income Fund, L.P.
InventorsFardad Faridi, Cynthia Breazeal
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Abstract
A multi-segment robot for emotive expression includes a first segment having a generally planar surface, a second segment having a first axis of rotation, the second segment in rotational contact with the first segment about the first axis of rotation; and a third segment in rotational contact with the second segment about a second axis of rotation not parallel to the first axis of rotation, the third segment having a display screen adapted to facilitate social interaction with a user.
Claims17
A robot comprising:
- a first segment having a generally planar surface facing a second segment;
- the second segment in rotational contact with the first segment about a first axis of rotation;
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- a third segment in rotational contact with the second segment about a second axis of rotation not parallel to the first axis of rotation, the third segment having a display screen adapted to facilitate social interaction with a user, wherein the first segment, the second segment, and the third segment form a 3-ring Zetatype structure of the robot.
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