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OT-2026-000001903

Quadrupedal walking robot

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
KAMON MASAYUKI, KATO TATSUHIKO, YUKIZAKI SO
Assignee
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD
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US-12576931-B2, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 17 March 2026
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Abstract

A quadrupedal walking robot includes: a main body; four leg portions coupled to the main body and configured to perform a bending operation, each of the four leg portions including two or more joints; a plurality of joint actuators configured to drive a plurality of the joints; a traveling device configured to protrude from the main body in a down direction of the main body and configured to operate so as to come into contact with a support surface supporting the quadrupedal walking robot and to move the quadrupedal walking robot in a state of being in contact with the support surface; and a controller configured to control operations of the plurality of joint actuators and the traveling device.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000001903, “Quadrupedal walking robot,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:09:24 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001903.

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