Robot compliance apparatus
US4801240A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32122
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Robotic tooling is connected to a robot arm with a device including a set of support members connected together to provide for relative axial movement and rotary movement of the tooling in addition to relative lateral movement in two perpendicular directions from a home or normal position. The members are biased to a precise normal position by pressure biased telescopic plungers confined within mating and opposing recesses, and a set of linear transducers sense movement along each of the three axes and also rotary movement to provide a feedback for the robot control.
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