Feeding assistant robot

摘要

The present invention relates to a feeding assistant robot, which assists in feeding patients or the elderly and infirm who have difficulty in moving their arms and thus have difficulty in feeding themselves. The feeding assistant robot includes: a picking arm including a gripper for picking up food placed on a tray; a feeding arm, including a spoon on which the food picked up by the picking arm is placed, for moving the spoon to the mouth of a user; an input device enabling the user to direct the movements of the picking arm and of the feeding arm; and a control unit electrically connected to the picking arm, the feeding arm, and the manipulation part to control the movements of the picking arm and the feeding arm according to the commands from the input device.

主权项

1. A feeding assistant robot, comprising:
a picking arm provided with a gripper picking up food placed on a top surface of a food tray; a feeding arm provided with a spoon onto which the food picked up by the picking arm is placed, the feeding arm transferring the spoon to a mouth of a user; and an input device enabling the user to instruct the picking arm and the feeding arm to be operated, wherein the picking arm includes a link connected at a first end thereof to a motor so that the link horizontally rotates around a rotating shaft, wherein the gripper is provided on a second end of the link so as to be vertically movable, and wherein, after gripping the food, the gripper moves upwardly so that the food is lifted up by the gripper to be apart from the top surface of the food tray.