Scara robot
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsJiafan Zhang, Kaiyuan Cao, Zhiwei Li, Changting Chen
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Abstract
A SCARA robot includes a base including a prismatic joint and a plurality of arm parts connected to the base and arranged in serial. Two adjacent arm parts each include an arm body, the arm body including a tubular body with a first opening extending in a first direction parallel to the prismatic joint and a second opening extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first actuator for forming a first revolute joint of the SCARA robot is arranged in the first opening, a fixed part of the first actuator being fixed to the one arm part, and a movable part of the first actuator being fixed to the other arm part of the two adjacent arm parts.
Claims13
A selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) robot, comprising
- a base comprising a first connection interface, the first connection interface defining a prismatic joint of the SCARA robot;
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- a plurality of arm parts connected to the base and arranged in serial;
- wherein at least two adjacent arm parts of the plurality of arm parts each comprise an arm body, the arm body comprising a tubular body with a first opening extending in a first direction parallel to the prismatic joint and a second opening extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
- a first actuator for forming a first revolute joint of the SCARA robot is arranged in the first opening of one arm part of the two adjacent arm parts, a fixed part of the first actuator being fixed to the one arm part, and a movable part of the first actuator being fixed to the other arm part of the two adjacent arm parts
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