Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Ryou Taniuchi

Takahiro Inada

Shinji Kitamura

Toshiyuki Tsujimori

A robot includes a body structure on which a robot arm having an end effector is rotatably supported. The body structure has a stationary base unit fixedly installed and a movable unit rotatably supported on the stationary base unit to turn about an axis of rotation. The stationary base unit includes a stationary-side guide part having a stationary-side internal space in which a flexible, elongate member connected to the robot arm or the end effector is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The stationary-side guide part opens upstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The movable unit includes a movable-side guide part having a movable-side internal space in which the elongate member is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The movable-side guide part opens downstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The stationary-side and the movable-side internal spaces communicate with each other.

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Akashi, Japan

Ryou Taniuchi