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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Kenji Matsukuma, Fukuoka, JP;
Takayuki Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Yokoyama, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukudome, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Matsukuma, Fukuoka, JP;
Takayuki Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuhiko Yokoyama, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukudome, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Fukuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A robot includes a base unit, at least two link mechanisms arranged on the base unit, drive units capable of bending and expanding the link mechanisms, and a control unit controlling the drive units. At least one drive unit has a drive force larger than those of the other drive units, and the other drive units are passively displaced by external forces larger than their own drive forces.