Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus has a simple structure, is operable by a single person, imposes no strain on the person's back and lumbar part, etc., and can comfortably be used even if the person has injured-spine and so forth. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.

Abstract: A quadruped walking robot, comprising a body part having a horizontal swing part, a horizontal swing drive part, an upper side upper leg part pivotally supported on the horizontal swing part, a lower side upper leg part disposed parallel with the lower part of the upper side upper leg part, an upper leg rotatingly driving part rotatingly driving the upper side upper leg part, a lower leg part having an upper end part to which the tip part of the upper side upper leg part and the tip part of the lower side upper leg part are pivotally connected on the upper and lower sides, and ground-contact part disposed at the lower end part of the lower leg part, and an elastic extensible part disposed at the middle part of the lower side upper leg part and elastically extending/retracting in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism having excellent reliability, in which the respective supporting points passively follow unevenness of the grounding surface such as a road surface, and which is capable of quickly supporting foot bottoms at polygonal points and preventing falling over even on a grounding surface having level differences by fixing the supporting points when all supporting points are grounded.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lower half body module of a bipedal walking robot which is excellent in practicality in the point that it is possible to transport a heavy load, and which is excellent in the degree of freedom in designing in the point that it is possible to mount or incorporate an upper half body having a large weight. Therefore, this is why legs of the lower half body module are constituted by a parallel link mechanism to sustain a large load.

Abstract: The present invention provides a quadruped walking robot the production costs and weight of which can be reduced by reducing the number of driving portions, and which is capable of carrying out stabilized walking motions even with the degree of freedom reduced in the leg portions.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lower half body module of a bipedal walking robot which is excellent in practicality in the point that it is possible to transport a heavy load, and which is excellent in the degree of freedom in designing in the point that it is possible to mount or incorporate an upper half body having a large weight. Therefore, this is why legs of the lower half body module are constituted by a parallel link mechanism to sustain a large load.

Abstract: Provided is a fire-fighting robot that can quickly start to fight a fire occurring at a hazardous location, which firefighters cannot access, and extinguish fires occurring at any location without receiving a supply of fire extinguishing water. The fire-fighting robot (1) of the present invention is self-propelled and remote-controlled via wireless or mobile communications to fight a fire. The robot includes one or more fire extinguisher storage portions (24a, 24b) for storing fire extinguishers (24c, 24d) which provide a jet of a fire-fighting agent from a jet outlet (26) by depressing a lever, a jet control portion disposed in the fire extinguisher storage portion (24a, 24b) for depressing the lever, and a jet outlet securing portion (26a) for detachably securing the jet outlet (26) of the fire extinguisher (24c, 24d).

Abstract: The invention provides a robot apparatus not requiring any incidental equipment in a building since an autonomous behavior is enabled, and capable of coping with abnormal phenomena. The robot apparatus includes means (112) for judging an autonomous mode or an autonomous/remote collaboration mode, means (113) for executing an autonomous motion when the mode judging means judges that the mode is an autonomous mode, means (117) for judging the collaboration ratio when the mode judging means judges that the mode is an autonomous/remote collaboration mode, means (118) for executing a complete remote motion when the judged collaboration ratio is 100% remote, and means (119) for executing an autonomous/remote collaboration motion when the judged collaboration ratio is not 100% remote.

Abstract: A manipulator is provided whose drive transmission is carried out by using flexible tubes into which wire cables are inserted, drive portions are disposed at an appointed portion other than the manipulator, and respective joints are operated by the respective drive portions, wherein working efficiency and productivity are excellent. A manipulator is provided including joint portions and moving and rotating mechanisms which move and rotate the above joint portions, wherein the moving and rotating mechanism is provided with pulleys disposed at the joints, an endless wire which is rotated by motors each disposed at an appointed position of the supporting base and has an appointed portion fixed at the pulley, and a flexible tube having one end fixed in the vicinity of the side of the pulley and the other fixed in the vicinity of the motor, into which the wire is inserted, and one of the motors is disposed for one of the pulleys.

Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a robot remote controlling apparatus that can easily and comfortably carry out operations at the finger portion operating portion and arm portion operating portion and can easily and comfortably carry out operations at other parts than at the above-described operating portions.

Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a robot remote controlling apparatus that can easily and comfortably carry out operations at the finger portion operating portion and arm portion operating portion and can easily and comfortably carry out operations at other parts than at the above-described operating portions.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a finger operating apparatus by which operations of a robot apparatus can be easily carried out comfortably, wherein the finger operating joystick includes a joystick shaft 11 rotatably attached to the signal reaction generator 2; a roughly cylindrical body 12 attached onto the upper part of the joystick shaft; a tongue-shaped thumb flexing instruction portion 13, which rotatably attached to the side of the cylinder body; a rectangular projection forefinger flexing instruction portion 14, which attached at the front upper part of the cylindrical body so as to freely advance and retreat; and a rectangular projection middle finger flexing instruction portion 15, attached at the front lower part of the cylindrical body so as to freely advance and retreat; and wherein the signal reaction generator includes the first, second and third detectors which detect movements of the first, second and third wires in line with rotation of the thumb flexing instruction portion, advance and retreat