Patent ID: 6945341
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A bipedal robot having two legs extending from a lower end of an upper body and two arms extending from shoulders on opposite sides of the upper body, wherein: said upper body comprises a higher upper body and a lower upper body, said higher upper body and said lower upper body being coupled to each other by a rotating mechanism having a vertical axis of rotation, and being rotatable with respect to each other about said vertical axis of rotation; said two arms extend from said higher upper body and said two legs extend from said lower upper body; and said robot comprises an electric energy storage device as a power supply for operating the robot, wherein said electric energy storage device is mounted in said higher upper body; wherein an electric component is mounted on either one of a lower end surface of said higher upper body and an upper end surface of said lower upper body such that said electric component is exposed when said rotating mechanism is operated to rotate one of said higher upper body and said lower upper body with respect to the other thereof.