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Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha

Riley Shear

Alexander Steele Kernbaum

Hitoshi Watanabe

Thomas P Low

Thomas D Egan

Richard Mahoney

Paul Michael Birkmeyer

Bryan Chavez

Regis Vincent

Stephen Morfey

Hirokatsu Muramatsu

Seungkook Yun

Hiroyuki Morita

Keiji Nishimura

Thomas De Candia

Leonard Gerard

Hiroshi Saijou

Akira Satou

Toshifumi Uchiyama

Shirou Watanabe

A variety of transmission mechanisms are provided that include split pulleys nested within each other in order to reduce the size of the transmissions, to provide infinitely variable transmission ratios that include forward and reverse ratios, or to provide some other benefits. These transmissions include 'W'-shaped belts, having both contact surfaces that are directed outward from the belt and inward, toward a center-line of the belt, to contact the pulleys with respective different inward- and outward-directed contact surfaces. Accordingly, the surfaces at which the belt contacts the different pulleys may be substantially the same with respect to a hinge or other structure of the belt. This improvement may permit higher levels of power transmission, increased efficiency, and increased transmission lifetime. Additionally, variable-eccentricity variable transmissions are provided wherein the eccentricity of rotation of an inner, nested pulley varies with changes in the transmission ratio of the transmission.

Belt for continuously variable transmission

An example system includes a vehicle, a robot, and a controller. The vehicle may include an accelerator operator and a steering operator. The robot may include as accelerator actuator configured to operate the accelerator operator, and a steering actuator configured to operate-the steering operator. The controller is configured to: in response to an accelerator command, send a first signal to the accelerator actuator to operate the accelerator operator of the vehicle, and in response to a steering command, send a second, signal to the steering actuator to steer the vehicle.

Robot and robot control system

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