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Compliance apparatus of a robot hand

US4820114A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 12, 1988
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25J17/0208
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a compliance apparatus wherein a movable plate movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of a gripped part is provided on a portion in which a robot hand is mounted to a robot arm to thereby enable relative displacement of the robot hand and the robot arm, a plurality of cylinders of which the extended end positions are adjustable and of which the protruding force can be changed by a spring or fluid are opposed to one another as positioning devices for the movable plate and sandwich the movable plate therebetween.

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