Five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9943967-B2
Application number	US-201715397793-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2017
Priority date	Jul 9, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports. A first and a second fixed shaft seats are rotatably connected to a first and a second rotational support through a hinge, respectively. One end of a first length adjustment device runs through the first rotational support, and the other end is fixedly connected to a moving platform. One end of each of the second and third length adjustment devices runs through the first rotational support and is then connected to the moving platform, respectively. Middle portions of the first, second and third length adjustment devices are each hinged onto the first rotational support. One end of a fourth length adjustment device runs through the second rotational support and is connected to the moving platform. Middle portion of the fourth length adjustment device is hinged onto the second rotational support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports comprising:
a two degree-of-freedom wrist;
a moving platform with a tail end in series connection to the wrist;
a first length adjustment device;
a second length adjustment device;
a third length adjustment device;
a fourth length adjustment device;
a first rotational support;
a second rotational support;
a first fixed shaft seat, which is connected to each of two ends of the first rotational support through a first revolute hinge respectively; and
a second fixed shaft seat, which is connected to each of two ends of the second rotational support through a second revolute hinge respectively,
wherein one end of the first length adjustment device runs through middle portion of the first rotational support, and the other end is fixedly connected to the moving platform; one end of each of the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device runs through the first rotational support, and the other end is connected to the moving platform through a second hinge and a third hinge respectively; the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the first length adjustment device; middle portions of all the first length adjustment device, the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device are connected to the first rotational support through a first set of revolute hinges respectively; and one end of the fourth length adjustment device runs through the second rotational support and the other end is connected to the moving platform through a fourth hinge, and middle portion of the fourth length adjustment device is connected to the second rotational support through a third revolute hinge;
wherein the first rotational support comprises:
a central hole, which is located at the middle portion of the rotational support, runs through the first length adjustment device and is used for rotatable connecting the first length adjustment device with the first rotational support;
a second side hole and a third side hole, which are located on two sides of the central hole, runs through the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device respectively, and are used for rotatable connecting the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device with the first rotational support; and
two side end holes, which are located at two ends of the first rotational support respectively, and are used for rotatable connecting the first rotational support with the first fixed shaft seat and the second fixed shaft seat,
wherein the two side end holes are coaxial and share a longitudinal axis; axes of the central hole, the second side hole and the third side hole are a first horizontal axis, a second horizontal axis and a third horizontal axis respectively, which are parallel to each other; and the first horizontal axis is vertically intersected with the longitudinal axis;

wherein both the second hinge and the third hinge are universal hinges with exactly two-rotation-degree-of-freedom;
wherein the first, second and third length adjustment devices are connected with a rack via the first rotational support; and
wherein the first rotational support is installed with four revolute hinges, three of which are used for connecting with the first length adjustment device, the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device respectively, and the fourth revolute hinge is used for connecting with the first fixed shaft seat and the second fixed shaft seat.

2. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational axes connecting the first rotational support with the first length adjustment device, the second length adjustment device, and the third length adjustment device are parallel to each other, and are perpendicularly intersected with the rotational axis connecting the first rotational support with the first fixed shaft seat and the second fixed shaft seat.

3. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 1 , wherein both the second hinge and the third hinge connect the second length adjustment device and the third length adjustment device with the moving platform.

4. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 1 , wherein the second length adjustment device, the third length adjustment device and the fourth length adjustment device are of a same structure, and each of the three comprises an outer tube, a servo motor and a second telescopic rod, the servo motor being connected to one end of the outer tube, one end of the second telescopic rod being inserted into the other end of the outer tube,
wherein a second connecting pin shaft for being hinged to the first rotational support or the second rotational support is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube; two keyways are provided on the second telescopic rod in an axial direction;
wherein two guide keys, which are embedded into the keyway and fitted with the keyway to allow the outer tube and the second telescopic rod to form a prismatic joint, are fixedly connected onto an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube; and
wherein a nut is fixedly arranged on the end of the second telescopic rod inserted into the outer tube, a driving portion of the servo motor is connected to a screw rod, and the nut is in threaded connection to the screw rod to form a spiral prismatic joint so that a back-and-forth movement of the second telescopic rod corresponding to the outer tube is realized; and the other end of the second telescopic rod is correspondingly connected to the second hinge or the third hinge or the fourth hinge.

5. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 4 , wherein in the second length adjustment device, the third length adjustment device and the fourth length adjustment device, the servo motor is a hydraulic-driven or a pneumatic-driven servo motor.

6. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 1 , wherein the first length adjustment device comprises:
a first telescopic rod and an inner ring sleeved thereon;
a first connecting pin shaft for being hinged to the first rotational support is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring;
a guide rail fixedly provided on the first telescopic rod in an axial direction; and
four sliders, which are embedded into the guide rail to allow the first telescopic rod and the inner ring to form a prismatic joint, are fixedly provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner ring and corresponds to the guide rail.

7. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth hinge is a three-rotation-degree-of-freedom spherical hinge, and three rotational axes are non-collinear.

8. The five-degree-of-freedom hybrid robot with rotational supports according to claim 1 , wherein a rotational axis connecting the first fixed shaft seat with the first rotational support is vertically intersected with a rotational axis connecting the first rotational support with the first length adjustment device;
wherein a rotational axis connecting the second fixed shaft seat with the second rotational support is vertically intersected with a rotational axis connecting the second rotational support with the fourth length adjustment device;
wherein a rotational axis connecting the first length adjustment device with the first rotational support, a rotational axis connecting the second length adjustment device with the first rotational support and a rotational axis

Assignees

• Univ Tianjin

Inventors

• Huang Tian
• Dong Chenglin
• Liu Haitao
• Qin Xuda
• Mei Jiangping
• Liu Qi
• Wang Manxin

Classifications

• B25J17/0266 Primary

  comprising more than two actuating or connecting rods · CPC title

• G05B2219/39423

  5-DOF · CPC title

• B25J9/0072 Primary

  of the hybrid type, i.e. having different kinematics chains · CPC title

• B25J9/0063

  with kinematics chains having an universal joint at the base · CPC title

• B25J9/0069

  with kinematics chains of the type universal-prismatic-universal · CPC title