A care robot that stands up and sits down a care receiver without causing discomfort and without leading to increased cost or size of the care robot. The care robot is provided with base 21 that travels along a first axis direction using a first drive section, robot arm section 22 that is provided on base 21 and includes second and third drive axes 22b2 and I2 which are independently driven by second and third drive sections 22b3 and 22a2b, wherein at least one of second and third drive axes 22b2 and I2 is a rotation drive axis that is rotated around a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction by second drive section 22b3, and a drive control section that controls the first drive section so as to move base 21 along the first axis direction, and controls second and third drive sections 22b3 and 22a2b so as to change the shape of robot arm section 22, based on standing up trajectory reference data and sitting down trajectory reference data.
