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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1983
Nobuyoshi Iwatsuka, Hitachi, JP;
Fumio Tomizawa, Hitachi, JP;
Chikara Sato, Hitachi, JP;
Norihiko Ozaki, Mito, JP;
Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Kenichiro Sadakane, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multiarticulated manipulator including a multijoint connecting mechanism having a plurality of arms, each arm having a joint capable of being bent in one plane and all the arms being connected with one another in positions spaced apart from one another by circumferential extent of 90 degrees. A plurality of wires are provided, each wire being connected to one of the arms and all the wires being supported and guided by wire guides and driven by a drive. The multiarticulated manipulator incorporated in a movable type remoted-controlled visual monitor system further includes a lens fixed to a forward end of the multijoint connecting mechanism, a fiberscope connected to the lens, and a movable member having the drive mounted therein and supporting the multijoint connecting mechanism, and a camera mounted in the movable member and connected to the lens through the fiberscope.