US 12,440,296 B2
Robot system
Hiroki Kokushi, Kobe (JP); and Hideyuki Ryu, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
Appl. No. 18/556,788
Filed by KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/018779
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/230826, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-074379 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0238058 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); B25J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/37 (2016.02) [B25J 3/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot system comprising:
a slave robot;
a master robot to remotely control the slave robot; and
an elbow guide mechanism configured to include an elbow support operable to move to guide an elbow of an operator while supporting the elbow of the operator when the master robot is operated by the operator, wherein
the elbow support of the elbow guide mechanism is configured to be slidable and to be of a linearly moving type, and
the linearly moving type elbow support includes a rail extending along a predetermined direction, and a slider operable to slide on the rail along the predetermined direction and support the elbow of the operator.