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Title:
POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR END EFFECTOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3312176
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate power interference to an end effector caused by the drive of a robot arm, to lighten the robot arm, and to reduce manufacturing cost of a transmission path.
SOLUTION: This device is provided with the transmission path 5 for transmitting power the driving the end effector 1 along links 4a and 4b of the robot arm 4 from an end effector driver 2 installed on a robot base 3 side to the end effector 1 supported on a tip of the robot arm 4 supported by the robot base 3. The transmission path 5 is constituted only by a wire 5a and a pulley 5b, and an avoiding mechanism 7 for avoiding the drive of the end effector 1 during the drive of the robot arm 4 is provided between the transmission path 5 and the end effector 1.


Inventors:
Keizo Miyahara
Masao Takatori
Yasuo Nakano
Application Number:
JP37298499A
Publication Date:
August 05, 2002
Filing Date:
December 28, 1999
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
International Classes:
B25J19/00; B25J17/00; (IPC1-7): B25J17/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP1140984A
JP5301191A
JP1128689A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshio Sano