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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Takahiro Inada, Kakogawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Kakogawa, JP;
Shinji Kitamura, Akashi, JP;
Ryou Taniuchi, Akashi, JP;
Takahiro Inada, Kakogawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Kakogawa, JP;
Shinji Kitamura, Akashi, JP;
Ryou Taniuchi, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A robot includes a body structure on which a robot arm having an end effector is rotatably supported. The body structure has a stationary base unit fixedly installed and a movable unit rotatably supported on the stationary base unit to turn about an axis of rotation. The stationary base unit includes a stationary-side guide part having a stationary-side internal space in which a flexible, elongate member connected to the robot arm or the end effector is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The stationary-side guide part opens upstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The movable unit includes a movable-side guide part having a movable-side internal space in which the elongate member is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The movable-side guide part opens downstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The stationary-side and the movable-side internal spaces communicate with each other.