Multiple arm robot arrangement

US6757586B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ABB Automation GmbH · US

Inventors

• Dragoslav Milojevic · Rockenberg, DE
• John K. Ashworth · Lake Orion, US
• Jan T. Nielsson · Auburn Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2004
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/45065
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved robot arrangement for performing predetermined tasks, such as paint finishing, features equipping a robot with a plurality of manipulatable arms, with at least two of the arms performing like operations. Alternatively, a plurality of commonly controlled manipulator arms may be provided by clustering a plurality of conventional single arm robots on a common mounting stand.