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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1984
Filed:
May. 22, 1981
Thomas L De Fazio, Watertown, MA (US);
Daniel E Whitney, Arlington, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
An adjustable RCC device having an adjustable remote center of compliance including: a support member; an operator member interconnected with the support member; a mounting member spaced from the support member; a plurality of radial members extending between and attached to the support member and the mounting member and having a focus at, near or beyond the free end of the operator member; and either means for adjusting radial member geometry or means for adjusting radial member stiffness or means for adjusting stiffness of a deformable portion of the support member or operator member or any combination thereof.