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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Kazuhiro Haniya, Fukuoka, JP;
Atsushi Ichibangase, Fukuoka, JP;
Koichi Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an industrial robot, wherein a cable or the like spanned between an end effector and an upper arm has less bending due to a motion of a wrist portion, wherein the cable or the like does not twine around the upper arm, and wherein the cable or the like does not interfere with a peripheral device. A passage opening, through which a cable or the likefor supplying power, signals or materials to an end effectorattached to a rotating elementis drawn out of a body, is opened at a position, at which the bodyintersects with a center of a first axis (an R-axis). The cable or the likedrawn out of the passage openingis extended to the end effector