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Robot wrist

US5178032A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1991
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20207
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wrist for an articulated robot has an operative member which is rotatable about three mutually perpendicular axes and three motor units each of which can cause the operative member to rotate about only one of the three axes without causing any rotation about the other axes.

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