APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED RETRIEVAL AND PRECISE PLACEMENT OF SMALL RODS
    2.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATED RETRIEVAL AND PRECISE PLACEMENT OF SMALL RODS 有权
    自动检索和小型精密放置的装置,系统和过程

    公开(公告)号:US20140286742A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-25

    申请号:US13849026

    申请日:2013-03-22

    申请人: MPI INCORPORATED

    IPC分类号: B25J15/00

    摘要: The present invention provides an apparatus for automated vertical placement of a small rod at a predetermined location, where the apparatus includes a parallel pneumatic gripper having a driver mechanism and a double-v shaped interlocking jaw assembly configured to receive, secure, and release a small rod in a substantially vertical position in response to corresponding signals generated by the driver mechanism. The present invention also provides a robotic system for automated gross retrieval and precise placement of a small rod. The present invention further provides a process for automated gross retrieval of at least one small rod and subsequent precise and substantially vertical placement thereof into a platform at a predetermined location and at a predetermined depth.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于在预定位置自动垂直放置小杆的装置,其中该装置包括具有驱动机构的平行气动夹具和被配置成接收,固定和释放小尺寸的小型V形互锁爪组件 杆响应于由驱动器机构产生的相应信号而处于基本垂直的位置。 本发明还提供一种用于自动总体回收和精确放置小杆的机器人系统。 本发明还提供了一种用于至少一个小杆的自动总体取回以及随后在预定位置和预定深度处将其精确且基本上垂直放置到平台中的方法。

    MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH HARD COMPONENTS
    5.
    发明申请
    MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH HARD COMPONENTS 有权
    具有硬组件的软运动的磁性装配

    公开(公告)号:US20160001444A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-07

    申请号:US14768389

    申请日:2014-03-04

    IPC分类号: B25J9/14 B25J15/00 B23P19/04

    摘要: Reconfigurable soft robotic actuators with hard components are described. Magnetic attraction is used to couple flexible molded bodies capable of actuation upon pressurization with other flexible molded bodies and/or with hard components (e.g., frames and connectors) to form a seal for fluidic communication and cooperative actuation. Pneumatic de-coupling chambers built into the hard components to de-couple the hard components from the magnetically-coupled soft molded bodies are described. The use of magnetic self-alignment coupling and pneumatic de-coupling allows for the remote assembly and disassembly of complex structures involving hard and soft components. The magnetic coupling allows for rapid, reversible reconfiguration of hybrid soft-hard robots for repair, testing new designs, and carrying out new tasks.

    摘要翻译: 描述了具有硬组件的可重构软的机器人执行器。 磁吸引用于将与其它柔性模制体和/或与硬组件(例如,框架和连接器)一起加压的能够致动的柔性模制体连接以形成用于流体连通和协作致动的密封。 描述了内置在硬组件中的气动解耦室,用于将硬组件与磁耦合的软成型体分离。 使用磁性自对准耦合和气动解耦可以远程组装和拆卸涉及硬组件和软组件的复杂结构。 磁耦合允许用于修复,测试新设计和执行新任务的混合软硬机器的快速,可逆重新配置。

    Apparatus, system, and process for the automated retrieval and precise placement of small rods
    8.
    发明授权
    Apparatus, system, and process for the automated retrieval and precise placement of small rods 有权
    用于自动检索和精确放置小杆的设备,系统和过程

    公开(公告)号:US08979155B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-17

    申请号:US13849026

    申请日:2013-03-22

    申请人: MPI Incorporated

    IPC分类号: B25J15/02 B25J15/00

    摘要: The present invention provides an apparatus for automated vertical placement of a small rod at a predetermined location, where the apparatus includes a parallel pneumatic gripper having a driver mechanism and a double-v shaped interlocking jaw assembly configured to receive, secure, and release a small rod in a substantially vertical position in response to corresponding signals generated by the driver mechanism. The present invention also provides a robotic system for automated gross retrieval and precise placement of a small rod. The present invention further provides a process for automated gross retrieval of at least one small rod and subsequent precise and substantially vertical placement thereof into a platform at a predetermined location and at a predetermined depth.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于在预定位置自动垂直放置小杆的装置,其中该装置包括具有驱动机构的平行气动夹具和被配置成接收,固定和释放小尺寸的小型V形互锁爪组件 杆响应于由驱动器机构产生的相应信号而处于基本垂直的位置。 本发明还提供一种用于自动总体回收和精确放置小杆的机器人系统。 本发明还提供了一种用于至少一个小杆的自动总体取回以及随后在预定位置和预定深度处将其精确且基本上垂直放置到平台中的方法。

    Gripper
    10.
    发明授权
    Gripper 有权

    公开(公告)号:US09975252B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-22

    申请号:US14854117

    申请日:2015-09-15

    IPC分类号: B25J15/02 B25J15/00 B25B5/08

    摘要: A gripper has a body with a jaw support portion and powering portion. A powering assembly is positioned in the powering portion. A stationary jaw is secured to the jaw support portion. A movable jaw is pivotally secured to the jaw support portion about a pivot pin. A rod from the powering assembly connects in a slot on the movable jaw. The pivot pin is positioned on an opposite side of an axis of the rod on the clevis portion away from the stationary jaw. The non-clamping end of the movable jaw is incapable of extending below an end plane of the body of the stationary jaw side of the gripper.