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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120017718 | ROBOTIC MUSCULAR-SKELETAL JOINTED STRUCTURES A robotic musculo-skeletal jointed structure comprising: (a) first and second joint parts coupled together for relative angular movement about a hinge axis there between; (b) an air muscle; (c) spaced first and second attachment sites, being sites respectively located a... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110288681 | FIVE-FINGERED HAND DEVICE A five-fingered hand device suitably applicable to a humanoid robot is provided. The device includes a hand body (2) which has a base (4) and five finger mechanisms (5) to (9), a drive unit (3) which drives the finger mechanisms, and a... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110213599 | Method of Sizing Actuators for a Biomimetic Mechanical Joint A method of configuring a biomimetic mechanical joint for the efficient movement of a support member about a pivot device. The method includes providing a first fractional actuator and a second fractional actuator being operable with the support member and the pivot dev... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110186362 | FOOT FOR HUMANOID ROBOT The invention relates to a foot and a humanoid robot having the foot. The invention is of particular utility in the production of humanoid robots coming as close as possible to the human morphology. According to the invention, the foot includes: a sole, toes, a motorize... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110094325 | Ball and piston rotary actuator mechanism A rotary actuator mechanism for applying torque to a shaft and comprising an actuator housing forming an actuator path that includes an actuator pinion rotatably supported in said housing and having said shaft secured thereto. The pinion having peripheral notches of a s... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20100331857 | FLEXIBLE WRIST-TYPE ELEMENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF A flexible wrist-type element and methods of operation thereof, including variations having an angularly moveable hub housing a rotatable and operable end effector driven via a drive train having one or more universal-type joints and/or other flexible couplings moveable... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100162845 | VERTICAL ARTICULATED ROBOT A vertical articulated robot includes a base; a turning base provided on the base so as to be pivotable about a first rotation axis; a first upper arm provided on the turning base so as to be turnable about a second rotation axis that is in a plane perpendicular to the ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20090182436 | Robot Arm A robot arm formed from one or more optionally interlinked active pivoted levers, wherein a base is fixed to the one end of a support and a pivoting piece is pivotably mounted on the second end of the support with pneumatic muscles running form the base to the pivoting ... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090044654 | Module for the Manufacturing of Automated Moving Structures and Automated Moving Modular Structure A module for the manufacturing of automated moving structures, comprising a first substantially plate-like element and a second substantially plate-like element, which face each other and are mutually articulated so that they can oscillate by way of the interposition of... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090000800 | Portable robot Portable robot for carrying out the drilling process in the assembly of aeronautical components which are secured on a support known as a stand. The robot comprises a displaceable platform in order to permit it to be located close to the stand, and an arm, which support... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080251351 | ROBOTIC FRAME HANDLING SYSTEM A system for handling vehicle frames. The system includes a conveyor assembly including a loading end and an unloading end, and the conveyor assembly carries a plurality of vehicle frames thereon. The system also includes a frame transfer assembly disposed at the unload... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20060207419 | Apparatus and method for controlling elastic actuator An internal pressure of a hydropneumatic drive actuator is measured by a pressure measurement device, a displacement amount of a movable mechanism is measured, a desired value and a measurement value of the displacement are inputted so that a position error is compensat... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20050028237 | Actuator systems In an air muscle powered actuator system, notably an anthropomorphic actuator system, a joint 13, incorporates a member 55 with a cylindrical surface; an air muscle 57 which is wrapped around the cylindrical surface such as to produce a flattened po... | 02/03/2005 |
