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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Hiromitsu Akae, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kitakyushu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B25J 15/0009 (2013.01); Y10S 901/32 (2013.01); Y10S 901/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object is to provide a robot hand and a robot that are compact and lightweight and can reliably hold various types of workpieces. To achieve this object, the robot hand and the robot include: a plurality of joint portions that rotates about respective rotation axes parallel with each other; a plurality of links that is connected via each of the joint portions in sequence from a distal end; a linking member that links rotations of the joint portions adjacent to each other; and a single drive source that drives only the joint portion at a proximal end to rotate the joint portion.