Link for an articulated manipulator
AssigneeState of the Art, Inc.
InventorsLeander Marcel Berwers, Kuijpers Peter
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Abstract
Link for an articulated manipulator, comprising a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis thereof and having a first joint end and a second joint end, wherein the first joint end and the second joint end define a first joint plane and a second joint plane, respectively. The first joint plane and the second joint are each at an inclination angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first joint plane is arranged parallel to a first axis and wherein the second joint plane is arranged parallel to a second axis, the longitudinal axis being perpendicular to the first axis and second axis, and wherein the first axis and second axis are at a mutual twist angle of at least one times the inclination angle.
Claims14
A link for an articulated manipulator, comprising a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis thereof and having a first joint end and a second joint end, wherein the first joint end and the second joint end define a first joint plane and a second joint plane, respectively,
- wherein the first joint plane has a first normal vector and wherein the second joint plane has a second normal vector, wherein the first and second normal vector are each at an inclination angle with respect to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the first joint plane is arranged parallel to a first axis and wherein the second joint plane is arranged parallel to a second axis, the longitudinal axis being perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis,
- wherein the first axis and the second axis are at a mutual twist angle of at least one times the inclination angle, and wherein the link further comprises a joint part arranged at the first or the second joint end, the joint part comprising a drive member providing drive capabilities to the link,
- wherein the joint part comprises a first and a second dome-shaped joint member that are mutually rotatable and wherein the drive member is arranged between the first and the second dome-shaped joint member.
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