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US 2026/0233114 A1Published application
Automated moving body and movement control method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsKENSUKE KITAMURA, KATSUHISA ITO
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Abstract
The present technology relates to an automated moving body and a movement control method enabling suppression of footstep sound of the automated moving body. The automated moving body includes two or more legs and a motion control unit that controls each of the legs such that a force of a free leg out of the legs is released before ground contact of the free leg and the force of the leg is applied after the ground contact of the free leg. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a robot of a pet type.
Claims10
An automated moving body comprising:
- two or more legs;
- and
- a motion control unit that controls each of the legs such that a force of a free leg out of the legs is released before ground contact of the free leg and the force of the free leg is applied after the ground contact of the free leg.
A movement control method comprising:
- by an automated moving body including two or more legs,
- controlling a motion of each of the legs such that a force of a free leg out of the legs is released before ground contact of the free leg and the force of the free leg is applied after the ground contact of the free leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.