SAFETY PROTECTION OF A ROBOT JOINT

• Main Authors: MUGNIER, Fabien, CLERC, Vincent, HONG, Robert
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 16.08.2023
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; HAND TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; MANIPULATORS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

The operating safety of a robot is provided. The robot includes two elements that can move relative to one another, a joint with at least one degree of freedom, connecting the two elements; and a flexible elastic film surrounding the joint and attached to each of the two elements, the film being str...