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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Takayuki Imanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Satoshi Murakami, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuji Arinaga, Fukuoka, JP;
Koji Suzuki, Fukuoka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A two-dimensional absolute position sensor comprises at least one magnetic slit thin plate provided to an end-effector which is attached to the end of a robot arm and moves in a plane, and having slits extending in the X and Y directions, magnetic sensor heads having magnetic sensors for position measurement in the X and Y directions opposed to the magnetic slit thin plate through a gap therebetween and bias magnets for applying magnetic fields to the magnetic sensors, and a signal processing circuit for outputting an absolute position signal generated from signals outputted from the magnetic sensors. Therefore, a small-sized, light-weighted two-dimensional absolute position sensor with an excellent environment-resistance used for readily measuring the two-dimensional absolute position of the end-effector of a robot in a non-contact manner can be provided.