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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark E Rosheim, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ross-Hine Designs, Incorporated, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 88 ; 294106 ; 414-5 ; 901 29 ; 901 37 ;
Abstract
A pair of connected joints in a master-slave robotic system each operated by a plurality of force imparting means. Such force imparting means for the second joint imparts force thereto at an acute angle. A third joint is used with a flexible drive tape partly internal thereto. A gripping system having an orthogonally rotatable base effector is supported by this joint using a pair of linear actuators to position the base effector as desired. A counterpart system having an orthogonally rotatable base follower orthogonally rotatable on a pair of linear actuators uses the actuators to null out forces occurring thereon.