Six-axes manipulator
US4348142A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 1980 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20201
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A six-axes manipulator consists of a central tubular support 30 equipped with four bearings A, B, C, D at 90.degree. to each other, disposed in a plane XOY perpendicular to the axis ZZ' of the tubular support, a ring 110 with a diameter larger than that of a section of the tubular support, the ring carrying a gripping and control handle, and rigid and elastic means 120, 121, 122, 123 to support said ring on said tubular support, in such a manner that, at rest, said ring presents itself coaxially with said tubular support. Each bearing A, B, C, D is equipped with at least four force sensors.
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