Fixing apparatus for robot, robot, and robot system
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsWataru Murakami, Kazutaka Nakayama
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Abstract
A fixing apparatus that fixes a robot having a robot main body mounted on a truck to an external structure in a positioning state, the truck being capable of traveling on a floor surface, the apparatus including: a first unit provided in one of the robot and the external structure; a second unit provided in the other of the robot and the external structure; a positioning mechanism that determines relative relation between the truck and the robot, and the external structure by use of the first unit and the second unit; and a lock mechanism that locks the truck and the robot, and the external structure.
Claims16
A fixing apparatus that fixes a robot having a robot main body mounted on a truck to an external structure in a positioning state, the truck capable of traveling on a floor surface, the apparatus comprising:
- a first unit provided in one of the robot and the external structure;
- a second unit provided in the robot or the external structure where the first unit is not provided;
- and
- a lock mechanism that locks the truck and the robot, and the external structure, wherein
- the first unit includes a first pair of tilted planes and a second pair of tilted planes, each of which are tilted in a reverse direction at a same angle on both sides with at least one axis extending in a predetermined direction interposed therebetween,
- the second unit includes a close contact surface having a complementary shape enabling close contact to the first pair of tilted planes, and
- the lock mechanism applies force to the second pair of tilted planes in a direction orthogonal to the at least one axis so that the first pair of tilted planes are drawn toward the close contact surface until the first pair of tilted planes are pressed against the close contact surface.
A robot comprising:
- a truck capable of traveling on a floor surface;
- a robot main body mounted on the truck;
- and
- a fixing mechanism that is provided in the truck, and fixes the truck to an external structure in a positioning state, wherein
- a first pair of tilted planes and a second pair of tilted planes are provided in the external structure, each of the first pair of tilted planes and the second pair of tilted planes being tilted in a reverse direction at the same angle on both sides with at least one axis extending in a predetermined direction interposed therebetween
- the fixing mechanism includes a close contact surface having a complementary shape enabling close contact to the first pair of tilted planes, and a pressing mechanism, and
- the pressing mechanism applies force to the second pair of tilted planes in a direction orthogonal to the at least one axis so that the first pair of tilted planes are drawn toward the close contact surface until the first pair of tilted planes are pressed against the close contact surface.
A robot system comprising:
- a fixing apparatus that fixes a robot having a robot main body mounted on a truck to an external structure in a positioning state, the truck capable of traveling on a floor surface;
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- the robot, wherein
- the fixing apparatus comprises:
- a first unit provided in one of the robot and the external structure;
- a second unit provided in the robot or the external structure where the first unit is not provided;
- and
- a lock mechanism that locks the truck and the robot, and the external structure,
- the first unit includes a first pair of tilted planes and a second pair of tilted planes each of which are tilted in a reverse direction at the same angle on both sides with at least one axis extending in a predetermined direction interposed therebetween,
- the second unit includes a close contact surface having a complementary shape enabling close contact to the first pair of tilted planes, and
- the lock mechanism applies force to the second pair of tilted planes in a direction orthogonal to the at least one axis so that the first pair of tilted planes are drawn toward the close contact surface until the first pair of tilted planes are pressed against the close contact surface.
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