Robots
US4218173A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 1978 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05G21/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A robot comprising a chain of members connected in pairs and mobile with respect to one another under the action of drive device controlled by a computer, each of the members being operative to drive a terminal member of the chain in a movement determined by a monitoring device controlling the computer, a single motor for selectively actuating, via a selection device controlled by the computer, each of the mobile members separately, and a single monitoring coder for selectively determining the movement of the mobile members.
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