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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1981
Noboru Sugimoto, Yokosuka, JP;
Yoshio Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Michio Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Michinaga Kohno, Yokohama, JP;
Shiyuki Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An articulated industrial robot comprising a supporting post mounted on a base; a forearm provided at its end with a wrist having at least one degree of freedom; a pair of upper arms pivotally connected at their one ends to the supporting post and at their other ends to the forearm, the upper arms being disposed in parallel with each other at both sides of the supporting post and the forearm; an upper arm rotary driving source mounted in the supporting post; an upper arm connecting mechanism for connecting the output of the upper arm rotary driving source to the upper arm through a reduction gear; a forearm rotary driving source mounted on one of the upper arms; a forearm connecting mechanism for connecting the output of the forearm rotary driving source to the forearm through a reduction gear; a wrist posture controlling rotary driving source provided on the other upper arm or on the supporting post; and a wrist posture controlling connecting mechanism for connecting the output of the wrist posture controlling rotary driving source to the wrist through the other upper arm and through the forearm through a reduction gear.