Conveying robot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220523-B2
Application number	US-201715643821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2017
Priority date	Jul 21, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

The installation space is made compact, the conveying speed of a workpiece is increased, and interference with peripheral devices is readily avoided. Provided is a conveying robot including: a pedestal; a rotating base provided in a rotatable manner about a first axis, which is substantially horizontal, relative to the pedestal; a first arm provided on the rotating base in a swivelable manner about a second axis that is orthogonal to an axis parallel to the first axis; and a second arm that is provided on the first arm in a movable manner in a longitudinal direction of the first arm and whose distal end supports a wrist unit, which is capable of holding a workpiece to be conveyed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A conveying robot comprising:
a pedestal;
a rotating base provided in a rotatable manner about a first axis, which is substantially horizontal, relative to the pedestal;
a first arm provided on the rotating base in a swivelable manner about a second axis that is orthogonal to a line parallel to the first axis and spaced from the first axis; and
a second arm that is provided on the first arm in a movable manner along a longitudinal direction of the first arm and distal end of the second arm supports a wrist unit, which is capable of holding a workpiece to be conveyed,
wherein the proximal end portion of the first arm is supported by the rotating base.

2. The conveying robot according to claim 1 ,
wherein a movement range in which the first arm rotates about the first axis by the rotating base is disposed in or below a substantially horizontal plane including the first axis.

3. The conveying robot according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pedestal is installed such that the wrist unit is moved substantially in the horizontal direction below the first axis by a swiveling motion of the first arm about the first axis caused by the rotating base.

4. The conveying robot according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wrist unit includes at least two rotational shafts that intersect each other.

5. The conveying robot according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sliding arm having a strip-shaped frame and a pair of sliders disposed at opposite sides from each other with the frame interposed therebetween in a thickness direction, the pair of sliders being provided in a relatively movable manner along a longitudinal direction of the frame,
wherein one of the sliders is attached to the rotational shaft at a terminal end of the wrist unit.

6. The conveying robot according to claim 5 ,
wherein the other slider is provided with a distal-end swivel shaft that swivels a tool, which grips the workpiece, about an axis extending in a width direction of the frame.

7. The conveying robot according to claim 6 , wherein the rotating base, the first arm, the second arm, the wrist unit, the sliding arm, or the tool are attachable and detachable together with an electrical wire by means of an electrical signal.

8. The conveying robot according to claim 5 , wherein the rotational shaft at the terminal end of the wrist unit is attachable to and detachable from the sliding arm together with an electrical wire therebetween by means of an electrical signal.

9. The conveying robot according to claim 5 ,
wherein the wrist unit includes three rotational shafts that intersect each other, and
wherein the wrist unit and one of the sliders are attached to each other such that the rotational shaft at the terminal end of the wrist unit is inclined in a width direction of the sliding arm.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Hasuo Takeshi

Classifications

• B25J18/007

  the end effector rotating around a fixed point · CPC title

• B25J9/0018

  Bases fixed on ceiling, i.e. upside down manipulators · CPC title

• B25J18/04 Primary

  rotatable · CPC title

• B25J9/04

  by rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself, e.g. cylindrical coordinate type or polar coordinate type · CPC title

• B25J15/04 Primary

  with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof · CPC title