Connection plate
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsLiam D Harrison, Ian Kennedy, Thomas Hopper, Andrew D Norton
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Abstract
A connection plate for a continuum arm robotic, the connection plate having a collar for connecting to a continuum arm robot and a cut out section from one end and which extends to a plurality of apertures that are present within a face of the connection plate. A continuum arm robot including a robotic arm and a connection plate wherein the robotic arm includes a connection plate that connects to the end of the distal end of the continuum arm robot through a collar, the connection plate having a cut out section that extends from one end into a plurality of apertures that the distal end of the tendons passes through.
Claims10
A continuum arm robot comprising a robotic arm and a connection plate wherein the connection plate connects to an end of the robotic arm through a collar, the connection plate having a channel that extends from one end into a plurality of apertures that an end of tendons passes through, wherein
- a rotatable plate is located within the plurality of apertures, the rotatable plate being attached to an axle that is connected to the connection plate, and
- a tendon of the tendons associated with the aperture is connected to the rotatable plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.