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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Okamoto, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A robot includes two links, a joint portion that connects the two links so as to be rotatable relative to each other, a control unit that controls an operation of the joint portion, and an optical transmission device that transmits an optical signal between the two links, and in which the optical transmission device includes an optical wiring that passes through the joint portion and allows the optical signal to propagate, and a light source unit that is disposed on one of the two links and emits the optical signal, and the control unit transmits a signal for adjusting intensity of the optical signal according to a bending amount of the joint portion to the optical transmission device.