Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Program- or pattern-controlled systems
Patent
1993-02-24
1994-03-08
Ip, Paul
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Program- or pattern-controlled systems
31856821, 310 83, 901 25, 901 28, B25J 900, H02K 5167
Patent
active
052931072
ABSTRACT:
A motorized rotary joint for robots integrates a joint bearing with a power transmission, such as a planetary type speed reducer, and provides a large central hole for passing electric and service lines therethrough. The rotary joint includes a built-in rotor and stator arrangement within the same joint housing structure, thus allowing the electric motor to share the same bearings and housing structure with the speed reducer. Preferably, the rotor also carries planets of the reducer and the stator is either integral or coupled to a housing of the reducer. The rotary joint also accommodates an encoder, a circuit board having electronic components thereon and a built-in brake to provide a totally integrated, intelligent rotary joint. A method for constructing a modular robot using the rotary joint is also provided, wherein several such rotary joints are coupled to simple structural elements by means of bolted interfaces to construct a multi-joint robot of an articulated structure. Such a modular robot has low cost, is easy to maintain and service, and can be readily and speedily constructed and reconfigured from integrated modular components.
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Fanuc Robotics North America Inc.
Ip Paul
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