Multi-turn drive assembly and systems and methods of use thereof

Disclosed herein are multi-turn drive assemblies, systems and methods of use thereof. The multi-turn drive assemblies enable a robot link member to have a maximum rotation of at least 360 degrees about an axis. The multi-turn drive assemblies can be incorporated into a robot arm for enabling 360 deg...

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Main Authors Thanu, Rajkumar, Hudgens, Jeff, Cox, Damon K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.12.2023
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
BLASTING
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS
GEARING
GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS
HAND TOOLS
HEATING
LIGHTING
MANIPULATORS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
WEAPONS
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Summary:Disclosed herein are multi-turn drive assemblies, systems and methods of use thereof. The multi-turn drive assemblies enable a robot link member to have a maximum rotation of at least 360 degrees about an axis. The multi-turn drive assemblies can be incorporated into a robot arm for enabling 360 degrees rotation of one or more link members about an axis. The robot arm may be located in a transfer chamber of an electronic device processing system. Also disclosed are methods of controlling the multi-turn drive assemblies and related robots.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202217886709