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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:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1992
Takafumi Matsumaru, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A manipulator main body is constituted by a combination of a plurality of joint modules and a plurality of arm modules. In addition, each of the joint modules incorporates at least one gravity switch or the like as an identification signal generator for detecting the ordinal number of each joint module in the order of connection or its degree of freedom of assembly in a direction in a given coordinate system, and outputting an identification signal indicating the detection result. Furthermore, each of the arm modules incorporates at least one measurement signal generator for detecting the length and bending direction of each arm module, and outputting a measurement signal indicating the detection result. Moreover, the manipulator main body includes a signal processing unit for performing analysis processing of signals representing the states of the respective modules constituting the main body according to a predetermined procedure. The control program for controlling the manipulator main body is customized on the basis of the processed signals, and is started to allow the manipulator main body to perform an optimal operation in an assembled state.
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