US Patent Issued to HONDA MOTOR on April 14 for "Robot" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,064, issued on April 14, was assigned to HONDA MOTOR Co. LTD (Tokyo).

"Robot" was invented by Takeshi Koshiishi (Saitama, Japan), Yasushi Takahashi (Saitama, Japan) and Masaki Ueyama (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a robot that implements human action. The robot (1) is equipped with: a cover (15) which covers the torso part (12) so as to create a space between the cover and the torso part (12) and which is also capable of swaying; a first motor (162) and a second motor (172) which serve as power sources for causing the cover (15) to sway; and a first link mechanism (163) and a second lin...