To provide a motion setting method that can set motions to a standing and sitting motion-supporting robot so that a care receiver can make standing and sitting motions comfortably. The motion setting method is a motion setting method of a standing and sitting motion-supporting robot (1) that supports standing and sitting motions being at least one of a standing motion and a sitting motion of a care receiver (K). The motion setting method includes a custom tracking path acquisition step. In the custom tracking path acquisition step, a custom tracking path (L2) is obtained by correcting a base tracking path (L1) of the standing and sitting motions in accordance with the position of a predetermined body portion of each care receiver (K).
