Apparatus, system and method for a floating end effector module
AssigneeJabiil Inc.
InventorsJEROEN BOSBOOM, DANNY RIVERA, WARD PALMER, BABAK NADERI, MICHAEL PATRICK MCKENNEY, LUCAS NIELSEN
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for providing a floating end effector for grasping small precision parts. The end effector includes at least one end effector module having at least: tooling for grasping a part for pickup and placement; a module shaft connected on a first end to the tooling, and having a second end opposite the tooling; and at least two air bearing associated with the second end, wherein the at least two air bearings in combination impart degrees of freedom to the tooling in at least x and y axes and in theta.
Claims20
An end effector module, comprising:
- tooling for grasping a part for pickup and placement;
- a module shaft connected on a first end to the tooling, and having a second end opposite the tooling;
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- at least two air bearing associated with the second end, wherein the at least two air bearings in combination impart degrees of freedom to the tooling in at least x and y axes and in theta.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.