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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/06 (2006.01); B25J 13/02 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 18/06 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1075 (2013.01); B25J 9/065 (2013.01); B25J 9/12 (2013.01); B25J 13/02 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); B25J 18/06 (2013.01); B25J 19/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A universal actuator for driving a continuum arm robot having a plurality of tendons includes; a housing; a power supply pack with a power source; a control pack with an industrial programmable logic controller, a screen, a rotary encoder linked to an analogue input device, a digital output device, a plurality of electronic control cards that connect the programmable logic controller to a user input device, the rotary encoder and an actuator pack for controlling the motion of the continuum arm robot, the programmable logic controller or the screen having a computer program to allow for set up and control of the continuum arm robot.