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Robotic device for loading laboratory instruments

  • US 6,889,119 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 05/03/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A robotic device comprising a base, an arm rotatable about a first axis relative to said base, a drive motor to control rotation of said arm about said first axis, a head assembly rotatably mounted on said arm for rotation about an axis parallel to said first axis, said head assembly includes a hand assembly to perimit gripping of an object to be moved, said hand assembly includes a sensor to determine the presence of an object to be moved, said sensor includes a pair of members, each associated with respective one of said fingers and each moveable with said finger between a first position in which a sensing element is active and a second position in which said sensing element is inactive, and a leveling mechanism operable between said base and said head assembly to maintain said head assembly in a predetermined orientation during rotation of said arm about said first axis.

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