US 4,903,539 AGranted

Direct-drive-type multi-articulated robot

AssigneeFanuc Corporation

InventorsKenichi Toyoda, Nobutoshi Torii, Ryo Nihei, Akihiro Terada, Jun Kikuchi

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Abstract

A direct-drive-type multi-articulated robot comprising: a stationary support shaft (14), a cylindrical rotary casing (16) surrounding the stationary support shaft (14), a first robot arm (18) joined to the upper end (16a) of the rotary casing (16), a second robot arm (20) pivotally joined to the extremity of the first robot arm (18), a direct-drive motor (M.theta.) interposed between the lower end of the rotary casing (16) and the lower end of the stationary support shaft (14) to drive the rotary casing (16) and the first robot arm (18) together for turning motion, a brake gear (24) interposed between the upper end (14a) of the stationary support shaft (14) and the first robot arm (18) to arrest the turning motion of the first robot arm (18), and an encoder (26) for detecting turning motion, interposed between the upper end (14a) of the stationary support shaft (14) and the first robot arm (18).

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A direct-drive-type multi-articulated robot comprising:

an elongate stationary support shaft having an upper end and a lower end;
a cylindrical rotary casing surrounding said stationary support shaft;
a first robot arm joined to the upper end of said rotary casing;
a second robot arm joined to an extremity of said first robot arm;
a direct-drive motor means interposed between said lower end of said rotary casing and said lower end of said stationary support shaft to drive said rotary casing and said first robot arm together for turning motion and a brake means axially spaced from said motor and interposed to operate between said upper end of stationary support shaft and said first robot arm to arrest the turning motion of the first and said lower end of said stationary support shaft to drive said rotary casing and said first robot arm together for turning motion, and a brake means axially spaced from said motor and interposed to operate between said upper end of said stationary support shaft and said first robot arm to arrest the turning motion of the first robot arm.

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