Door opening and closing robot and method of opening and closing door using the same
AssigneesKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kawasaki Robotics (USA), Inc.
InventorsHideki ISODA, Kenichi MIYAZAKI, Shusaku YAMAGUCHI
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Abstract
A door opening and closing robot according to one or more embodiments may include a base; a robot arm connected to the base that includes an arm that is rotatable and a motor that rotates the arm; and a door operating tool that is connected to the robot arm and moves with a rotation of the arm. The robot arm drives the motor to rotate the door operating tool and detects presence of the door based on a change in torque of the motor.
Claims13
A robot that opens and closes a door comprising:
- a base;
- a robot arm that is connected to the base comprising;
- an arm that is rotatable;
- and
- a driver that rotates the arm;
- and
- a door operating tool that is connected to the robot arm and moves with a rotation of the arm, wherein
- the robot arm drives the driver to rotate the door operating tool and detects presence of the door based on a change in torque of a motor.
A method of opening and closing a door using a door opening and closing robot comprising:
- in response to receiving an instruction of door opening, moving a robot arm of the door opening and closing robot to an opening position of the door;
- rotating a door operating tool connected to the robot arm by a motor pertaining to the door operating tool;
- detecting a change in torque of the motor;
- recognizing presence of a door when a change in torque is detected;
- and
- in response to the recognition of the presence of the door, performing a door opening operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.