Robotic position sensor
US4809191A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 1987 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25J19/027
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An electromechanical manipulator including gripper elements provided with a plurality of fingers and a sensing element provided for each of the fingers to sense their relative position. The sensing means includes at least one Hall effect element disposed in the body of the gripper element. A magnet element is oriented in a bipolar slide-by mode with respect to the Hall effect element and is disposed for movement with one of the fingers of a gripper element.
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