Robot arm with weight compensation

US6145403A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• KUKA Roboter GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Alexei Aschenbrenner · Augsburg, DE
• Norbert Sedlmair · Augsburg, DE
• Norbert Settele · Meitingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/20305
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A driven robot arm (1) has a torque compensation unit for a motional degree of freedom (4). A separate magnetic compensation unit (9) is proposed which is independent of the robot arm drive.