Title:
UNIT SET FOR ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2001/062448
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A unit for constructing a robot with units, wherein a joint unit comprising joint means is stored in a joint casing having a surface profile of a dice-like cube, uniaxial cylindrical body, or orthogonal dual-axis cylinder-like cubic with the joint means positioned at equal intervals, the joint means comprises N positioning projections disposed about the center axis thereof at equal intervals and equal angles and N connecting screw holes respectively disposed at positions rotated from these projections by 360 °/2N about the center axis thereof, and a zero-degree joint power transmission unit converts, before transmission, the rotation of the joint unit rotated, by itself, relative to an input joint fixed shaft fixed to the joint casing to the rotation of an output rotating shaft disposed a joint-unit separation-distance away therefrom.
Inventors:
KAZAMI KEIICHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2000/005775
Publication Date:
August 30, 2001
Filing Date:
August 25, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BANDAI CO (JP)
KAZAMI KEIICHI (JP)
KAZAMI KEIICHI (JP)
International Classes:
A61J1/10; A61M39/00; A61M39/02; F16L29/00; A61M39/04; B25J9/08; B25J9/10; B25J17/00; B25J17/02; B25J19/00; B65D51/00; F16K24/00; F16L37/40; (IPC1-7): B25J17/00; B25J19/00
Foreign References:
| US5428713A | 1995-06-27 | |||
| JPS62166982A | 1987-07-23 | |||
| JPH1163119A | 1999-03-05 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1273398A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ozaki, Kowzow (Nishiazabu 4-chome Minato-ku Tokyo, JP)
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