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Optical fiber network for transmitting signals in a robot

  • US 9,997,066 B2
  • Filed: 04/21/2017
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An optical fiber network for transmitting optical signals in a robot having three or more joints connecting a plurality of links in series such that the links include two end links located at either end and intermediate links provided between the two end links, and the links connected by the joints are moveable relative to each other, the optical fiber network comprising:

  • a plurality of optical transceiver modules provided on the links such that at least one optical transceiver module is provided on each link; and

    a plurality of optical fiber cables connecting the optical transceiver modules in a ring, each optical fiber cable connecting the optical transceiver modules on different links being configured to bend as the links connected by any of one or more joints passed through by the optical fiber cable move relative to each other;

    wherein at least one end of each optical fiber cable connecting the optical transceiver modules provided on different links is connected to one of the optical transceiver modules provided on the intermediate links, andwherein the optical fiber cables are routed such that a transmission loss in each optical fiber cable is less than or equal to a maximum tolerable attenuation determined in relation to the optical transceiver modules connected by the optical fiber cable even when the optical fiber cable is bent at one or more joints passed through by the optical fiber cable as a result of movement of the links connected by the one or more joints.

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