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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Keisuke Yonehara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takashi Sanada, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomoyuki Shiraki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Ryuta Kagawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takashi Hatanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Keisuke Yonehara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takashi Sanada, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomoyuki Shiraki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Ryuta Kagawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takashi Hatanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A vertical articulated robot includes a base; a turning base provided on the base so as to be pivotable about a first rotation axis; a first upper arm provided on the turning base so as to be turnable about a second rotation axis that is in a plane perpendicular to the first rotation axis; a second upper arm provided on a distal end portion of the first upper arm so as to be pivotable about a third rotation axis that is perpendicular to the second rotation axis; a front arm provided on a distal end portion of the second upper arm so as to be turnable about a fourth rotation axis that is in a plane perpendicular to the third rotation axis; and a wrist assembly mounted on a distal end portion of the front arm. A motor that rotates the second upper arm is mounted on a frame of the second upper arm.