CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240351189A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18627604

    申请日:2024-04-05

    IPC分类号: B25J5/00 B25J9/16 B25J19/00

    摘要: A control system includes one or more processors configured to perform system control for controlling a system including a mobile robot configured to move autonomously and transport a transport object. The mobile robot includes a contact portion which comes into contact with a transport box configured to store the transport object when loading and transporting the transport box, and a first light-emitting unit provided around the contact portion and configured to emit light in a predetermined light emission pattern associated with a state of the mobile robot. The transport box includes a box-side light-emitting unit which is a light-emitting unit provided on the transport box. The system control includes control on the box-side light-emitting unit to emit light in a light emission pattern corresponding to the predetermined light emission pattern of the first light-emitting unit when the transport box is loaded on the contact portion.

    MOTORIZED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR CONNECTING A ROBOTIC ARM WITH A MEDICAL END EFFECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240335955A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18626443

    申请日:2024-04-04

    申请人: NuVasive, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B25J15/04 B25J19/00

    CPC分类号: B25J15/0425 B25J19/007

    摘要: Connector assemblies for connecting a robotic arm with a medical end effector are disclosed. An example apparatus for connecting a robotic arm with a medical end effector may include a connector housing. An actuation mechanism may be disposed within the connector housing. The actuation mechanism may include a plurality of linkage members and a gear assembly coupled to the linkage members. A motor may be coupled with the actuation mechanism and configured to drive the gear assembly. Each of the plurality of linkage members may be configured to shift between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. An actuator may be coupled to the actuation mechanism. The actuator may be configured to shift the plurality of linkage members between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration. An adapter may be coupled to the connector housing. The adapter may include a plurality of alignment regions.

    Stopper structure and articulated robot

    公开(公告)号:US12109696B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18183684

    申请日:2023-03-14

    发明人: Shinya Ida

    IPC分类号: B25J9/10 B25J19/00

    摘要: It is an object of the present invention to provide a stopper structure that can be arranged even at a position where no sufficient space can be ensured, such as at an axis at which an arm has a large operation range, and can appropriately absorb a shear load, and an articulated robot including such a stopper structure. A stopper structure according to the present invention relates to a stopper structure 100a for restricting relative rotation between an arm 120 and a mechanical element (base 110) by a predetermined angle or more, the stopper structure including: a protrusion 122 provided on one of the arm and the mechanical element; a hole 116 formed in the other one of the arm and the mechanical element; and a stopper 140 inserted into the hole while being partially exposed from the hole, wherein the stopper including: a block 150 made of an elastic resin; and a metal surface plate 160 that has a bent cross-section, and is provided on a surface of the block along a front side on which the stopper comes into contact with the protrusion.

    Robot arm link with embedded cables and robot

    公开(公告)号:US12103167B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17616046

    申请日:2019-07-17

    申请人: ABB Schweiz AG

    发明人: Jiafan Zhang Hao Gu

    IPC分类号: B25J19/00 B25J9/00 B25J18/00

    摘要: Robot arm link (100) comprises a body made of non-metallic material, a transmission cable (102) made of conducive material and embedded within the body (101), and at least one connector (103) arranged on the body (101) and coupled to the transmission cable (102), each connector (103) adapted to be electrically connected to a connector (1031) of a further robot arm link (1001) of a same specification, a sensor (301), or a power source (302) of the robot (200). By embedding the transmission cable (102) within the non-metallic material to form the robot arm link (100), there is no need to consider how to route the cable (102) and thus the difficulty of cable routing design can be significantly reduced. Furthermore, the efficiency of robot assembly and maintenance can be increased accordingly. In addition, the cables (102) arranged in the robot arm links (101) are not easily damaged, thereby increasing the service life of the robot.

    PAINTING ROBOT
    8.
    发明公开
    PAINTING ROBOT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240316787A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US17755272

    申请日:2020-09-04

    申请人: ABB SCHWEIZ AG

    发明人: Takahiro Tawata

    摘要: A painting robot which can prevent the introduction of air from the nozzles into paint during the color change of paint and filling of paint and can prevent the acceleration of wear of the pump, and sufficiently remove dissolved gas from the paint. The painting robot includes a paint supply path connected to the paint supply side of the nozzle head and a return flow path configured to recover the paint not discharged from the nozzles. Further, the painting robot includes a first filter configured to remove foreign matter in the paint and a second filter configured to separate dissolved gas from the paint. When paint is not discharged from the nozzle head, the control unit opens the on-off valve and circulates the paint to the bypass flow path.

    Robot for high-temperature applications

    公开(公告)号:US12090645B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17335561

    申请日:2021-06-01

    摘要: An apparatus including a robot drive; and a robot arm connected to the robot drive, where the robot arm includes a first link connected to the robot drive, a second link rotatably connected to the first link at a first rotatable connection, and an end effector rotatably connected to the second link at a second rotatable connection. The end effector includes a heat choke located between a substrate support area of the end effector and the second rotatable connection. At least one of the first rotatable connector or the second rotatable connection includes a rotary thermal coupling having interleaved members which are rotatable relative to each other.