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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Engineering Services Inc., Toronto, CA;
Andrew A. Goldenberg, Toronto, CA;
Brent Bailey, Toronto, CA;
Matthew Gryniewski, Mississauga, CA;
Xiaojia He, Toronto, CA;
Yi Yang, Toronto, CA;
ENGINEERING SERVICES INC., Toronto, ON, CA;
Abstract
A robotic arm includes a first link and a first joint. The first link has internal link cables extending from one end to an opposed end thereof. The first joint is operably connected to the first link at one end thereof. The first joint has a hollow drive shaft, an off axis driveand a first joint motor and first joint internal cables extending through the hollow drive shaft. The link cables and the first joint cables are operably connected. The robotic arm may further include a second joint operably connected to the first link. The second joint module has an active side, a passive side with electronic connectors, second joint internal cables, and a second joint motor and the active side is mechanically connected to the link and the electronic connectors of the passive side are operably connected to the link cables.