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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kawasaki Robotics (Usa), Inc., Wixom, MI (US);
Tetsuya Yoshida, Kakogawa, JP;
Avish Ashok Bharwani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe-Shi, JP;
KAWASAKI ROBOTICS (USA), INC., Wixom, MI (US);
Abstract
A wrist joint structure in which a direct drive motor is used is provided in a robot in which two hands are mounted on one robot arm. The robot includes: a robot arm; a plurality of stages of hands including a first hand and a second hand that are provided at a tip of the robot arm; a first direct drive motor in which a rotation axis is defined at the tip of the robot arm, the first direct drive motor coupling the first hand to the tip of the robot arm such that the first hand is rotatable about the rotation axis; and a second direct drive motor that couples the second hand to the first hand such that the second hand is rotatable about the rotation axis.