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US 2010/0145518 A1Published application
Robot and method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyung Rock KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a robot generating a message using a robot hand, and a control method thereof. When a user types characters using a robot hand, a hand body part and a finger part of the robot hand output displacement signals and a command reading unit accordingly generates a message corresponding to the displacement signals. The message is transmitted to a robot controlling unit. In addition, the message is outputted by sound or displayed to be easily checked by the user.
Claims20
A robot hand comprising:
- a hand body part;
- and
- at least one finger part connected to the hand body part,
- wherein the hand body part or the finger part has a keyboard function.
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A robot hand comprising:
- a hand body part;
- at least one finger part connected to the hand body part;
- and
- a sensor unit equipped to the hand body part or the finger part to function as a keyboard.
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A robot comprising:
- a robot hand including a hand body part and a finger part, any one of which has a keyboard function;
- and
- a command reading unit to generate a message according to displacement signals generated from the robot hand.
A method to control a robot, comprising:
- detecting displacements by a sensor mounted to a robot hand;
- generating characters corresponding to displacement signals of the sensor;
- and
- generating a message by combining the characters in order.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.