A legged mobile robot, a legged mobile robot controller and a legged
mobile robot control method are provided to perform a loading operation
to load a gripped object in parallel on a target place having a height
where a stretchable range of arm portions of the legged mobile robot is
enhanced with no operator's handling. The legged mobile robot includes
the arm portions having links for gripping an object, and leg portions
having links for moving, and the arm and the leg portions are joined to a
body thereof. The legged mobile robot controller includes a data
acquisition unit, a whole-body cooperative motion control unit and a
loading detection unit, and controls motions of the legged mobile robot
based on posture/position data regarding a posture/position of each link
of the legged mobile robot and on an external force data regarding an
external force affecting the arm portions.