Robot, control device, and robot system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHidekatsu MIYASAKA
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Abstract
A robot includes: a manipulator that is provided with an n-th (n is an integer of 1 or larger) arm which is capable of rotating around an n-th rotation axis, an (n+1)-th arm provided on the n-th arm to be capable of rotating around an (n+1)-th rotation axis having an axial direction which is different from an axial direction of the n-th rotation axis, and an (n+2)-th arm provided on the (n+1)-th arm to be capable of rotating around an (n+2)-th rotation axis. In a first state, an outline of the manipulator is positioned on an inner side of a first circle or on the first circle with the n-th rotation axis as the center thereof, and with first length between a distal end of the manipulator and the n-th rotation axis, as a radius, when viewed in the axial direction of the n-th rotation axis.
Claims20
A robot comprising:
- a manipulator that is provided with an n-th (n is an integer of 1 or larger) arm which is capable of rotating around an n-th rotation axis, an (n+1)-th arm provided on the n-th arm so as to be capable of rotating around an (n+1)-th rotation axis having an axial direction which is different from an axial direction of the n-th rotation axis, and an (n+2)-th arm provided on the (n+1)-th arm so as to be capable of rotating around an (n+2)-th rotation axis,
- wherein it is possible to overlap the n-th arm and the (n+1)-th arm, and it is possible to overlap the (n+1)-th arm and the (n+2)-th arm, when viewed in the axial direction of the (n+1)-th rotation axis,
- wherein the (n+1)-th rotation axis is separated from the n-th rotation axis, when viewed in the axial direction of the (n+1)-th rotation axis, and
- wherein the (n+1)-th arm and the (n+2)-th arm overlap each other, when viewed in the axial direction of the (n+1)-th rotation axis, an outline of the manipulator is positioned on an inner side of a first circle or on the first circle with the n-th rotation axis as the center thereof, and with a first length between a distal end of the manipulator and the n-th rotation axis, as a radius, when viewed in the axial direction of the n-th rotation axis, in a first state in which a first line connecting the (n+1)-th rotation axis and the (n+2)-th rotation axis is orthogonal to the n-th rotation axis.
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