Patent ID: 8511964

Claim:
A humanoid robot comprising: a torso extending along a primary axis and presenting a pair of shoulders; a pair of arms movably extending from a respective one of the pair of shoulders; wherein each of the arms includes a shoulder portion, an elbow portion, and a wrist portion; wherein each shoulder portion includes a first, second, and third arm joint that rotate about a first, second, and third arm axis, respectively; wherein each elbow portion includes a fourth and fifth arm joint that rotate about a fourth and fifth arm axis, respectively; and wherein each wrist portion includes a sixth and seventh arm joint that rotate about a sixth and seventh arm axis, respectively; a neck movably extending from the torso along the primary axis; wherein the neck has at least one neck joint extending generally perpendicular to the primary axis; wherein the neck joint is defined between the torso and a base of the neck such that the neck is configured to pitch relative to the torso about a neck axis; a head movably extending from the neck along the primary axis; wherein the head has a first and a second head joint; wherein the first head joint is rotatable relative to the neck about a first head axis and the second head joint is rotatable relative to the neck about a second head axis; wherein the first head axis extends in generally perpendicular relationship to the second head axis; wherein the second head axis extends in spaced and generally parallel relationship to the neck axis such that the head is configured to pitch relative to the neck about the second head axis; and wherein each of the shoulders are canted toward one another at a shrug angle defined between each of the shoulders such that a workspace is defined between the shoulders.