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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenro Motoda, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Motoda Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ; B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414751 ; 414696 ; 414733 ;
Abstract
A robot arrangement adapted to carry a load such as an article, a tool or a cargo to a specified position includes a main robot capable of active movement of the load in rectilinear directions and passive movement in directions parallel to a plane perpendicular to the rectilinear directions, and at least one sub robot capable of active movement of the load in directions parallel to the plane. A flexible connection allows passive movement of the load with respect to the sub robot in the rectilinear directions.