Venable LLP
Robot arm mechanism
A robot arm mechanism includes a handling member for supporting and handling an object, a robot arm made up of a plurality of links, and a robot arm driving mechanism for driving the robot arm to assume its contracted and extended position. The robot arm comprises first and second arm links, a link retaining mechanism pivotably retaining the first and second arm links and a link operating mechanism to operate one of the first and second arm links by a motion of the other of the first and second arm links. The link operating mechanism comprises a crank, a coupling link and a connecting link. The crank integrally connected to the coupling link is pivotably connected to one of the first and second arms and to the link retaining mechanism. The connecting link is pivotably connected to the other of the first and second arms. This leads to the advantage that the robot arms can be contracted and extended and rotated by only two electric motors.
Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd.
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Tetsuya Hiroki Chohei
Watanabe Mori Okuno