"""Master-slave"" remote manipulation apparatus having six degrees of freedom"
US6026701A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2042
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A "master-slave" remote manipulation apparatus having six degrees of freedom. The apparatus includes a flexible parallelogram with two parallel arms hinged to a cross member with one degree of rotational freedom and to a frame with two degrees of rotational freedom; two parallel-hinged "master" and "slave" devices at the end of each respective arm; and five two-way linear motion transmitting devices between the "master" and "slave" devices.
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