Seiko Epson Corporation

Hidenori Hama

Seiji Hahakura

Yuta Ichimiya

Yoshiteru Nishimura

Shingo Hoshino

Kotaro Sekine

Mamoru Adachi

A robot image display method includes (a) a step of recognizing the position and the posture of a base of a robot from a base section image of a base section for teaching, (b) a step of recognizing the position and the posture of a finger section of the robot from a finger section image of a finger section for teaching, (c) a step of calculating angles of one or more joints of the robot from the position and the posture of the base and the position and the posture of the finger section, and (d) a step of displaying, in a virtual space, a three-dimensional image of the robot in a state in which the joints are at the angles calculated in the step (c).

Robot image display method, recording medium, and robot image display system

A driving mechanism according to an aspect includes a first pulley configured to rotate around a first axis, a motor configured to rotate the first pulley around the first axis, a second pulley disposed to be separated from the first pulley and configured to rotate around a second axis parallel to the first axis, a first belt laid around the first and second pulleys and configured to transmit power of the motor from the first pulley to the second pully, a third pulley disposed side by side with the second pulley in a direction along the second axis and configured to rotate around the second axis integrally with the second pulley, a fourth pulley disposed to be separated from the third pulley and configured to rotate around a third axis parallel to the second axis, a second belt laid around the third and fourth pulleys and configured to transmit the power of the motor from the third pulley to the fourth pulley, and a first bearing located between the second and third pulleys and configured to support the second and third pulleys.

Driving mechanism and robot

A robot includes a power source and a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit an output of the power source. The power transmission mechanism includes a fixed member, a first pulley configured to rotate around a first axis with respect to the fixed member, a second pulley disposed to be separated from the first pulley and configured to rotate, with respect to the fixed member, around a second axis parallel to the first axis, a belt wound around the first pulley and the second pulley and configured to transmit the rotation of one of the first pulley and the second pulley to another, a restricting member including a restricting section disposed to be opposed to the belt with a gap in a portion where the first pulley and the belt mesh with each other, and a screw having a center axis along the first axis and configured to fix the restricting member to the fixed member. The restricting member rotates around the center axis to thereby change a separation distance between the restricting section and the belt in a plan view from a direction extending along the first axis.

Robot and adjusting method

A robot includes a first member having a first mounting surface facing upward and a second member having an opening at an upside of the first member and facing the first member and a second mounting surface at the upside, and a joint actuator coupling the first and second members. The joint actuator has a flange fixed to the second mounting surface, a motor placed at the upside with respect to the flange, and a reducer placed at a downside with respect to the flange, projecting downward from the opening, and fixed to the first mounting surface. The joint actuator is mounted on the second mounting surface from the upside and the reducer is projected downward from the opening, and the flange is fastened to the second member from the upside using first screws and the reducer is fastened to the first member from the downside using second screws.

Robot, attachment method, and detachment method

A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.

Motor unit and robot

A robot includes an arm that rotates about a rotation axis, a motor that is provided in the arm, and an amplifier unit that includes an amplifier substrate which drives the motor and that is provided in the motor, in which, when a longitudinal direction of the arm as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis is a first direction and a direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction, the amplifier unit and the motor are arranged in a direction different from the second direction.

Robot

A robot includes an arm that includes an arm main body and a motor and rotates about a rotation axis, and an amplifier unit that is provided in the arm and includes a drive circuit which drives the motor, in which at least a portion of the amplifier unit or the motor is positioned on the outside of the arm main body as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis.

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