ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM

• Main Authors: SHIRAKI TOMOYUKI, SAJIKAWA YUJI, MATSUO TOMOHIRO, ISHIKAWA SHINICHI, KAWANO TOMOKI, ICHIBANGASE ATSUSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.03.2015
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HAND TOOLS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MANIPULATORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SAFETY DEVICES IN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A robot is provided with a base to be fixed to an installation surface, and an arm unit having a plurality of arm bodies sequentially and revolvably coupled with each other with one end coupled to the base through a joint unit. The arm unit has a stopper mechanism having a movable stopper member capable of restricting a revolving motion of the arm bodies to a predetermined revolving range. The movable stopper member is provided to one link of one of the pairs of links coupled through the joint unit, whereas the fixed stopper member, which is engaged with the movable stopper member, is provided to another link of the one of the pairs of links.