Robot for handling

• US 6,189,404 B1
• Filed: 08/19/1999
• Issued: 02/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Rorze Corporation
• Original Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
• Inventors: Suwa, Tatsunori, Hatake, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Herrmann, Allan D.
• Application Number:
  US09/367,700
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: 744/901, 744/900.3, 414/744.5, 310/103, 901/23
• US Class Current: 74/490.03
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/107 of the froglegs type
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/126 Rotary actuators
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 21/67739 into and out of processing chamber
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20317 including electric motor

Abstract

A handling robot prevents a positioning in a motor unit power transmission system from becoming inaccurate and can eliminate occurrence of vibrations due to a twisting deformation and so forth in the system. The handling robot has an arm fastened to an outside of each of a plurality of ring bosses that are arranged coaxially and turnably. Each of such arms is connected via a link to a carrier table so that turning the ring bosses in mutally opposite directions may cause the carrier table to reciprocate in a perpendicular direction to a turning axis; and turning them in a same direction may cause the carrier table to turn. A plurality of motor units corresponding to the ring bosses are arranged coaxially with each other and at positions that are insides of the ring bosses and lower than a position where the carrier table may operate. A connecting member is further arranged and is shaped in the form of a cup in cross section and fastened to the output member of each of the motor units, such connecting members being connected to the ring bosses, respectively.

Claims

1. A handling robot in which an arm is fastened to an outside of each of a plurality of ring bosses that are arranged coaxially and turnably, deviated in position in a vertical direction, each of such arms is connected via a link to a carrier table so that turning the ring bosses in mutually opposite directions may cause the carrier table to reciprocate in a perpendicular direction to a turning axis and turning them in a same direction may cause the carrier table to turn, characterized in that it comprises:

a plurality of motor units corresponding to the ring bosses and arranged coaxially with each other and at positions that are lower than a position where the carrier table may operate and that are deviated in a vertical direction;

a connecting member shaped in the form of a cup in cross section and fastened to an output member of each of the motor units, such connecting members being connected to the ring bosses, respectively.

2. A handling robot as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the output members of the motor units are arranged to orient in a common axial direction.

3. A handling robot as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the output members of the motor units are arranged to orient in opposite different axial directions.

4. A handling robot as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that each of the motor units comprises a motor and a reducer.

5. A handling robot, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of motor units of direct drive type which are arranged coaxially with each other and disposed at vertically deviated positions, said motor units having their respective motor rotors, at least one of said motor rotors being substantially coincident in position with a corresponding arm of the robot in a vertical direction, each of said motor units having an output member to which the arms of the robot are fastened at at least two sites thereon, each of such arms being connected via a link to a carrier table, said carrier table being adapted both to reciprocate in a perpendicular direction to an axis of said motor units, and to turn.

6. A handling robot, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of motor units of direct drive type which are arranged coaxially with each other and disposed at vertically deviated positions, said motor units having their respective motor rotors, at least one of said motor rotors being substantially coincident in position with a corresponding arm of the robot, each of said motor units having an output member to which an arm of the robot is fastened, each of such arms being connected via a link to a carrier table, said carrier table being adapted both to reciprocate in a perpendicular direction to an axis of said motor units, and to turn.

7. A handling robot as set forth in claim 6, characterized in that said carrier table is adapted to reciprocate in the perpendicular direction to axis of the motor unit and to turn, by driving each of said motor units to rotate so as to rotate its output member in opposite rotary directions and in a same rotary direction, respectively.

8. A handling robot as set forth in claim 6, characterized in that said motor units have their respective motor stators, each of said motor stators being positioned oppositely to a respective one of said motor rotors across a partition member.