Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090114052 | ARTICULATED MANIPULATOR - This invention provides a manipulator that can facilitate a teaching method, improve the operation speed of an arm, and mount a heavy load in a narrow space. The manipulator includes a plurality of arm bodies provided in series, joint parts rotatably connecting two adjacent arm bodies, and the joint parts in which slope of rotation axes of the adjacent joints are 90 degrees, at least one linear body disposed in the joint parts coaxially with the rotation axes. The joint parts are composed of a servo motor, and a speed-reduction mechanism. The rotation axes of the servo motor, the speed-reduction mechanism and the joint parts become the same axis. | 05-07-2009 |
20100298974 | ROBOT AND CONVEYING SYSTEM - A robot includes an arm member, a rotary actuator that swings the arm member, a hand member provided at an end of the arm member, a joint member that connects the arm member and the hand member to each other such that the arm member and the hand member are rotatable with respect to each other, a linear actuator that supports and linearly moves the rotary actuator, and a controller that operates the rotary actuator and the linear actuator in association with each other to linearly move the hand member in a forward-backward direction. | 11-25-2010 |
20110010011 | ROBOT - A robot includes an arm including a plurality of joints, arm members that form the arm, each arm member supporting a load, actuators that drive the joints and that are supported by the arm members, a load sensor embedded in at least one of the arm members to measure the load applied to the at least one of the arm members, a controller that controls movements of the actuators on the basis of a result of the measurement performed by the load sensor, and a wire hole through which a sensor line extend from a space inside the at least one of the arm members to a space inside the arm, the sensor line connecting the load sensor to the controller. | 01-13-2011 |
20110064554 | ROBOT MANIPULATOR AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot manipulator includes a plurality of joint shafts including at least first and second joint shafts. If the robot manipulator extends vertically with respect to a rotation center of the first joint shaft that rotates in a horizontal plane, a rotation center of the second joint shaft that rotates in another horizontal plane is offset from the rotation center of the first joint shaft. | 03-17-2011 |
20110107866 | ROBOT - A robot includes a base and an arm formed by a plurality of members connected by a plurality of joints. The arm has an offset portion where a rotation axis of a certain joint is offset from a rotation axis of the next joint in a predetermined direction and the rotation axis of the next joint is offset from a rotation axis of a joint next to the next joint in a direction opposite the predetermined direction. | 05-12-2011 |
20110219906 | ARTICULATED MANIPULATOR - An articulated manipulator includes a base body, a first arm body, a second arm body having a second arm center axis, and a third arm body. A first joint part connects the base body and a first end portion of the first arm body rotatably around a first rotation axis. A second joint part connects a second end portion of the first arm body and a third end portion of the second arm body rotatably around a second rotation axis. A third joint part connects a fourth end portion of the second arm body and a fifth end portion of the third arm body rotatably around the third rotation axis. When the first, second and third arm bodies are all erected with respect to a installation surface, the first rotation axis, the second arm center axis, and the third rotation axis are substantially aligned with each other. | 09-15-2011 |
20120198955 | ROBOT - A robot according to an embodiment includes a base, a first structure, a second structure, and a third structure. The first structure is connected to the base to be rotatable about a first axis. The second structure is connected to the first structure to be rotatable about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. The third structure is connected to the second structure to be rotatable about a third axis parallel to the second axis. The first structure and the third structure are formed by using cast materials having a same shape. | 08-09-2012 |
20120266712 | ROBOT - This robot includes an arm and a joint provided on one end portion of the arm, and either the arm or the joint is provided with an end effector driving source to operate an end effector mounted to the arm through the joint. | 10-25-2012 |
20120266720 | DRIVE APPARATUS AND ROBOT - This drive apparatus includes a first rotation mechanism portion including a first driven gear portion rotated by a first drive gear portion rotating about a first axis and a second rotation mechanism portion including a second driven gear portion rotated by a second drive gear portion rotating about the first axis. | 10-25-2012 |
20130057106 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A manufacturing method of a rotating electric machine according to an embodiment includes forming a stator by selectively attaching any one of a first stator winding and a second stator winding to a stator core, forming a rotor to be arranged on an inner periphery of the stator to face the stator, and arranging the stator and the rotor in a housing. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058749 | WORKING ROBOT AND PROCESSING PLANT - A working robot according to an embodiment includes an arm part and a plurality of motors. The arm part includes a plurality of arm members. The plurality of motors respectively drives the plurality of arm members. Herein, rated powers respectively corresponding to the motors are the same. | 03-07-2013 |
20140121837 | ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE OF ROBOT, AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE - A robot system includes a robot arm, one or more actuators that are provided in the robot arm to drive the robot arm, a sensor unit that detects an external force applied to at least one of the robot arm and the actuators, and a controller that controls an operation of each of the actuators and limits a torque instruction value for each of the actuators on the basis of a detection result of the sensor unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20150013492 | ROBOT - A robot includes a body, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm includes one joint, an adjacent joint that is adjacent to the one joint, and another adjacent joint that is adjacent to the adjacent joint. When the first arm is extended in a vertical orientation relative to the body, the one joint of the first arm has a rotation axis that is offset by a first distance in a first horizontal direction from a rotation axis of the adjacent joint of the first arm, and the another adjacent joint of the first arm has a rotation axis that is offset by a second distance in a second horizontal direction from the rotation axis of the adjacent joint of the first arm. The first horizontal direction is opposite to the second horizontal direction. | 01-15-2015 |
20150027261 | ROBOT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A robot according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a robot arm, an attaching portion, an end effector, an end-effector-side cable, and a robot-side cable. The attaching portion is provided on a leading end of the robot arm. The end effector is attached to the attaching portion. The end-effector-side cable extends from the end effector. The robot-side cable is arranged along the robot arm and is connected to the end-effector-side cable by terminal connection at a position closer to the end effector than the attaching portion. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027262 | ROBOT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A robot in an embodiment includes a robot body, an end effector, a cable, and one or more coupling portions. The end effector is connected to the robot body. The cable is composed of a plurality of sub cables, arranged along the robot body, and connected to the end effector. Each of the coupling portion is provided between one sub cable and an adjacent sub cable of the sub cables to couple the one and adjacent sub cables together. | 01-29-2015 |