Igus Gmbh

Felix Berger

Martin Raak

Thilo-Alexander Jaeker

Dominik Barten

Rene Erdmann

An arm joint for a manipulator having a motor with a transmission, comprising a gear wheel that can rotate about a transmission axis of rotation, wherein the gear wheel is rotatably mounted in a housing of the arm joint and has an adapter on at least one of its end sides, and wherein the adapter has an opening that is central relative to the transmission axis of rotation on the side facing away from the end side of the gear wheel The central opening has an internal thread for the purpose of a simple construction, easy assembly and a great number of variation possibilities in terms of construction and application.

Arm joint for a manipulator and manipulator

A manipulator comprising at least one profile as a supporting connection element between two joints and/or between a motor and joint. In order to provide a manipulator that is simply constructed and offers a multitude of design possibilities, according to the invention, the profile is designed as a multi-functional profile with an internal channel and at least one lateral receiving groove, and at least one further multi-functional profile is provided which is designed as a shaft and with at least sections thereof being structurally identical to the multi-functional profile at least in terms of the profile formation, or designed as a rack and with at least sections thereof being structurally identical to the multi-functional profile at least in terms of the cross-sectional contour.

Manipulator having joints and multi-functional profile for same

A robot arm comprising at least two arm joints which are pivotally connected together and which are driven directly. The aim of the invention is to reduce the energy required to move the parts when pivoting the arm joint and allow an uncomplicated adaptation of the robot arm to changed use conditions. This is achieved in that at least one of the two arm joints has a motor part and a joint part, wherein the two parts are arranged in a mutually spaced manner via a spacer part, and the other arm joint is arranged so as to engage with the spacer part of the arm joint such that the position can be changed relative to the arm joint.

Robot arm

An energy guiding chain () with additional protection against a line break is proposed. It includes link members () or segments for guiding one or more lines like cables, hoses or the like, wherein the link members or segments can be angled relative to each other to form a direction-changing curve (). The protection means includes a detector for monitoring the energy guiding chain. The detector () is mechanically operatively connected to a low-stretch triggering cord () and has a sensor () for detecting a kinematic parameter of the triggering cord (). A break () in the energy guiding chain (can be detected in good time by a change in the kinematic parameter. In that way guided cables, hoses or the like can be protected against a line break.

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Cologne, Germany

Felix Berger