Patent ID: 8571707

Claim:
A glove puppet manipulating system comprising: a control module for generating control signals based on movements of a human hand; and a glove puppet; and a robot being installed inside the glove puppet and electrically connected to the control module, the robot comprising: a foundation; a body manipulating apparatus disposed on the foundation for connecting to a body of the glove puppet, the body manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the body of the glove puppet to rotate relative to the foundation according to the control signals; a pair of hand manipulating apparatuses disposed on the body manipulating apparatus for connecting to hands of the glove puppet separately, each hand manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the respective hand of the glove puppet to swivel relative to the body according to the control signals; and a head manipulating apparatus interposed between the hand manipulating apparatuses on the body manipulating apparatus for connecting to a head of the glove puppet, the head manipulating apparatus being operable to manipulate the head of the glove puppet to nod, wherein the head manipulating apparatus and the foundation are disposed on opposite ends of the body manipulating apparatus, wherein each of the hand manipulating apparatuses further comprises: a shoulder rotating motor connected to the body manipulating apparatus; a shoulder rotating axle disposed on the shoulder rotating motor, wherein the shoulder rotating axle is not parallel to a direction extending from the foundation to the head manipulating apparatus; a shoulder rotating block connected to the shoulder rotating axle, wherein the shoulder rotating motor is operable to drive the shoulder rotating block to rotate relative to the body manipulating apparatus according to the control signals; an arm swiveling motor connected to the body manipulating apparatus; an arm swiveling axle disposed on the arm swiveling motor, wherein the arm swiveling axle is not parallel to the shoulder rotating axle; an arm swiveling block connected to the arm swiveling axle, wherein the arm swiveling motor is operable to drive the arm swiveling block to rotate to change an included angle between the arm swiveling block and the arm swiveling motor according to the control signals; an elbow bending motor connected to the arm swiveling motor; an elbow bending axle disposed on the elbow bending motor; and an elbow bending block connected to the elbow bending axle, wherein the elbow bending motor is operable to drive the elbow bending block to rotate to change an included angle between the elbow bending block and the elbow bending motor according to the control signals.