Patent ID: 7645110

Claim:
A moving robot comprising: a main robot body having a side portion and a first joint provided on the side portion; a moving mechanism, on which the main robot body is mounted, configured to move the main robot body; a first arm portion coupled to the first joint and being rotatable around the first joint, the first arm portion having a first concave portion with a first opening; a first mechanism capable to be accommodated in the first concave portion in a first folded state, the first mechanism including a second arm portion, a second joint portion coupling the second arm portion to the first arm portion, a third arm portion, and a third joint portion coupling the third arm portion to the second arm portion, the third arm portion being folded at the third joint portion toward the second arm portion in the first folded state, and the third arm portion being extendable at the third joint portion from the second arm portion in a first extendable state in which the first mechanism is located out of the first concave portion; a first driver configured to rotate the first arm portion around the first joint, so that the first opening is oriented in an arbitrary direction; a first mover configured to move the first mechanism in the first folded state into and out of the first concave portion through the first opening; and a second driver configured to rotate the third arm portion around the third joint portion in the first extendable state so that the third arm portion is folded at the third joint portion toward the second arm portion or is extended at the third joint portion from the second arm portion.