US 12,233,532 B2
Robot, and outer skin thereof
Kaname Hayashi, Tokyo (JP); Minoru Koizumi, Tokyo (JP); and Megumi Takada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GROOVE X INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by GROOVE X, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,987.
Application 17/398,987 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/006516, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-027070 (JP), filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362345 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/0015 (2013.01) [B25J 19/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot, comprising:
a frame;
a surface skin for covering the frame, wherein the surface skin comprises:
a base material, and
a fabric housing the base material;
a pressurizer configured to pressurize a space enclosed by the frame and to force a heated fluid from the space to a fluid layer between the base material and an outer most surface of the fabric.