US 12,186,888 B2
Robot apparatus and controlling method thereof
Baeseok Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunsuk Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); Dongsik Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Jaemyung Cho, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngjae Chae, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,507.
Application 17/938,507 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013881, filed on Sep. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0151481 (KR), filed on Nov. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148037 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 13/006 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot apparatus comprising:
a main body;
a display;
a neck structure rotatably connected to the main body, and of which an end portion is connected to a rear surface of the display;
a first driving device configured to rotate the neck structure around a first axis of the robot apparatus such that the display is positioned in a first location, in which a display surface of the display faces toward an upper direction, or a second location, in which the display surface faces toward a front direction;
a stopper structure provided on the main body to be adjacent to the neck structure; and
a second driving device configured to move the stopper structure toward the front direction or a rear direction such that the stopper structure is positioned in a supporting location in which the stopper structure contacts a rear surface of the neck structure, or a separated location, in which the stopper structure is spaced apart from the neck structure.