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7558647 Device and method for controlling robot arm, robot and program based on object-dependent impedance  
In a robot arm controlling device, a mechanical impedance set value of the arm is set by an object property-concordant impedance setting device based on information of an object property database...
6826453 Method and system for emission suppression in detection of data cartridge labels  
A system and method for minimizing electromagnetic radiation emissions from a data cartridge handling library employs intermittent operation of the video camera to ascertain correct bin locations...
6564669 Remote handling device  
A remote handling device includes a master arm and a slave arm adapted to reproduce the movements of the master arm. The slave arm is located within a confinement chamber. The master arm is located...
6247738 Robot hand  
The invention provides a robot hand that can mimic the movements of a human hand in operation. The robot hand includes a thumb and at least one opposing finger having at least two phalanxes...
6126373 Method and apparatus for realtime remote robotics command  
Methods and apparatus for controlling a remote device using a command glove system are disclosed. An apparatus for controlling a device is arranged to be at least partially supported on and...
6109852 Soft actuators and artificial muscles  
6026701 "Master-slave" remote manipulation apparatus having six degrees of freedom  
A "master-slave" remote manipulation apparatus having six degrees of freedom. The apparatus includes a flexible parallelogram with two parallel arms hinged to a cross member with one degree of...
6019008 Linear motion apparatus under ultra high vacuum  
A linear motion apparatus for moving an object in a vacuum chamber comprising an antenna or a telescoping shaft such as a fishing rod to effectively utilize space, and to avoid the need of a rear...
5813813 Surgical manipulator  
The present invention relates to a surgical manipulator for remotely grasping and manipulating things in response to movements of a human hand controlling the device. Movements of human fingers can...
5377950 Platform mountings  
A platform is mounted by bellows, at least one for each degree of freedom (DOF) of the platform. The bellows may provide either an active or a passive mounting for the platform. By arranging a...
5286154 In bundle foreign object search and retrieval apparatus  
An apparatus (10) for the location and removal of foreign objects from a difficult to access geometry utilizes a flexible lance (12) formed of individual hose bar segments (14) strung on cables...
5207114 Compact cable transmission with cable differential  
A pretensioned cable transmits power along a first support member (link) from a rotary actuator to a rotating output joint, typically an output pulley fixed to a second link arm but rotatable in a...
5194215 Automated robotic equipment for ultrasonic inspection of pressurizer heater wells  
A robotic device for remotely inspecting pressurizer heater wells is provided which has the advantages of quickly, precisely, and reliably acquiring data at reasonable cost while also reducing...
5193963 Force reflecting hand controller  
A universal input device for interfacing a human operator with a slave machine such as a robot or the like includes a plurality of serially connected mechanical links extending from a base. A...
5098244 Semiconductor wafer cassette handling cart  
A cassette handling tool according to the present invention utilizes a mobile cart for handling and transporting wafer cassettes. At one end of the cart is a holder which is adapted for holding and...
5080682 Artificial robotic hand  
An electro-mechanical grasping device that simulates the movements of a human hand suitable for use as an artificial hand prosthesis that is lightweight, agile and includes a firm grasp. A...
4921293 Multi-fingered robotic hand  
A robotic hand having a plurality of fingers, each having a plurality of joints pivotally connected one to the other, with actuators connected at one end to an actuating and control mechanism...
4915563 Automatic lock for mechanisms controlling various movements of the gripping pliers of a remote handling device when dismounting the ball and socket joint bearing these pliers  
Strips (20), housed in the slave arms (10) of a remote handling device and used for transmitting to the pair of gripping pliers borne by this arm orientation and tightening movements remote...
4850631 Article manipulator  
Application of tension simultaneously to three cords extending through respective coil springs and attached off the axes of the springs causes movement of tactile members on the ends of the springs...
4845427 Arrangement for the measurement of electronic units  
An arrangement for the measurement of electronic units with a large number of connection points situated close to one another and constituting points of measurement, as in integrated circuits. The...
4834761 Robotic multiple-jointed digit control system  
This disclosure describes a mechanical hand constructed to simulate the range of motion of a human band. The mechanical hand provides a remote manipulator device capable of reproducing all of the...
4815911 Device for torsion-proof connection of an element in a robot arm or the like  
A device for torsion-proof connection of a number of elements (11, 12) in direct or indirect rolling contact with each other, which together make a robot arm or the like, whereby the elements are...
4792173 Fluid actuated limb  
A fluid actuated limb comprising an elongate flexible core member having a first plurality of bellows extending parallel to the core member and being radially spaced from the core member around...
4784042 Method and system employing strings of opposed gaseous-fluid inflatable tension actuators in jointed arms, legs, beams and columns for controlling their movements  
The method and system employ strings of tension actuators in opposed relationship for controlling motions or deflections of jointed members: for example, for controlling the motions of arms, legs...
4756655 Mechanical manipulator  
A manipulating mechanism is disclosed having a control handle adapted to be positioned freely in three dimensions, a fixture for supporting a tool to be positioned, a linkage system which causes...
4685349 Flexibly foldable arm  
A flexibly foldable arm includes a series of arm sections each constituted by a plural number of joint members pivotally and serially connected to one another by connector shafts for rotation about...
4637773 Industrial robot of the articulated arm type  
An industrial robot of the articulated arm type comprises a movable robot body (11) arranged on a base (10). An upper arm (13) having root and tip portions is rotatably pivoted to the robot body...
4635802 Bridge crane control unit  
A one-hand-operable control unit for a bridge crane. A cam, rotated by pointing a control handle in the direction toward which it is desired for the bridge crane hoist to be moved, operates...
4621965 Manipulators  
A manipulator arm consisting of a plurality of annuli joined together by lengths of tubing having circumferential corrugations, two longitudinal webs extending the length of the manipulator arm and...
4614084 Link device with a plurality of freedom degrees  
Movable link device with a plurality of freedom degrees between a carrier element (manipulator arm or the like) and a carried element (tool, and particularly gripping tool). The device comprises a...
4604016 Multi-dimensional force-torque hand controller having force feedback  
A hand controller or `cursor` for the actuation of slaved apparatus. The cursor includes a handle extending from a line attachment member comprised of four equally spaced legs. The ends of these...
4575297 Assembly robot  
An assembly robot comprises a breastplate adapted to be attached to the chest of a human operator, an upper arm member connected to the breastplate and adapted to be attached to the upper arm of a...
4549839 Master-slave telescopic remote manipulator  
A telescopic remote manipulator includes a rotary passage block which passes through a partition, a telescopic master arm having upper and lower segments, and a telescopic slave arm having upper,...
4548097 Manipulator drive  
A manipulator drive has a main support defining a main longitudinal axis, a housing rotatable on the main support about the main longitudinal axis, a head defining a head longitudinal axis and...
4534697 Transfer device for robots  
A transfer device for an industrial robot includes two members, preferably having tubular shapes, the first member being extendable and/or retractable over a certain distance and a second member,...
4531885 Device for robot manipulator  
A device for robot manipulators having a multiply articulated manipulator arm (7, 8, 10) rotatably mounted in a swivelling socket (1), wherein all the servo-cylinders (46) are placed in the base...
4503722 Arm operating device in automatic operating machine  
In an arm operating device of an industrial robot, two chains are laid over the driving wheel provided in the supporting arm and the driven wheel provided in the bending arm, respectively, and are...
4500251 Multijoint manipulator  
There is disclosed a multijoint in which the primary moment force caused by a combined gravity of the lower arm which is supported by an elbow joint portion for pivotting the upper and lower arm...
4494417 Flexible arm, particularly a robot arm  
A flexible arm particularly a robot arm comprising a plurality of elements arranged in a series with adjacent elements in abutting relationship, said elements being interconnected via cables and if...
4493598 Master-slave type telescopic telemanipulator  
A telescopic telemanipulator of the master-slave type, wherein the slave arm is equilibrated by means of at least one counterweight mounted on a link articulated to the traversing block on the...
4489826 Adjustable apparatus  
The disclosed mechanism includes multiple links having adjustable-length drive units connected in series and operated coordinately. The illustrative form of adjustable-length drive unit has...
4469327 Amusement game device  
An amusement game device generally in the configuration of a dragon-like figure including a body portion having an open cup portion therein, an elongated flexible neck member which normally extends...
4451195 Arm for a program controlled manipulator  
A flexible arm for a program controlled manipulator, with a hydraulic rotary actuator supported on an inflexible arm, a first arm member secured to a rotary shaft of the actuator, a second arm...
4448413 Amusement game device  
An amusement game device includes a labyrinth structure and a pair of elongated resiliently flexible substantially coextensive strips which are interconnected at one end thereof. The device is...
4445184 Articulated robot  
An articulated robot comprises one or more articulation angles that can assume two states on the occasion of the same position or attitude of an object being controlled. A change from one to the...
4433953 Industrial robot having a joint-free arm  
An industrial robot having an arm formed as a hollow joint-free tube which is oval in cross section and made from a material that will provide structural rigidity to enable the arm to support a...
4381723 Submersible drydock  
The submersible drydock system of the present invention is one in which the buoyancy of the docking platform is altered to effect raising and lowering thereof. The submersible dock comprises a...
4351553 Multi-purpose mechanical hand  
This invention relates to a multi-purpose mechanical hand mainly for industrial applications and able to grip pieces of various shapes and dimensions. The mechanical hand according to the invention...
4312622 Manipulator  
The electrical spot welding manipulator is assembled of a base, a rotary support on the base, an arm hinged to the support and rotatable at right angles to the support, a rotatable hollow member...
4259876 Mechanical arm  
The disclosed mechanical arm comprises a base having mounted thereon a plurality of pivotally connected links, each having its own individual motor operatively connected through driving kinematic...
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