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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akio Niu, Matsumoto, JP;
Sho Nakano, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); F16L 3/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/0029 (2013.01); F16L 3/015 (2013.01); Y10S 901/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot includes an nth arm (n is a natural number), an (n+1)th arm rotatably supported with respect to the nth arm, and a connection destination selection part that can select a connection destination of a cable routing present inside of the nth arm from a cable routing present outside of the nth arm and a cable routing present inside of the (n+1)th arm.