A care robot that is capable of performing care of a care receiver while more favorably maintaining the body condition of the care receiver. A care robot provided with a holding section provided on a base that assists with standing up and sitting down by supporting a body part of a care receiver, and a specific information acquisition device that acquires specific information for identifying the care receiver, wherein the care robot recognizes the care receiver from the specific information acquired by the specific information acquisition device (recognizing section: step S116), acquires information related to the care receiver recognized by the recognizing section (acquisition section: step S118), and performs drive control of the holding section based on the information related to the care receiver acquired by the acquisition section (control section: step S122).
