POSITIONING ASSISTANCE ARM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positioning assistance arm which has the advantages of both an assistance arm and robot. SOLUTION: An assistance arm is constituted so that the arm can be operated from a console panel 19 to function as a mere assistance arm on one occasion or to work as a robot or...

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Main Authors TAKESHITA TERUO, SEKIGUCHI HITOSHI, OTA MASAYASU, TAKAGI YOSHIYUKI, KISHIDA IKUO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.01.1998
Edition6
Subjects
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
CONTROLLING
CONVEYING
HAND TOOLS
HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
MANIPULATORS
PACKING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
REGULATING
SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS
STORING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positioning assistance arm which has the advantages of both an assistance arm and robot. SOLUTION: An assistance arm is constituted so that the arm can be operated from a console panel 19 to function as a mere assistance arm on one occasion or to work as a robot or to assist workers on another occasion by respectively mounting motors 13, 17, 18, and 20 on the shafts 10, 14, 15, and 16 of the arm. A controller 25 stores teaching data and controls the operations of the motors 13, 17, 18, and 20 based on the teaching data when the assistance arm is made to work as a robot or to assist workers.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19960182468