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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4178632 | Method for controlling the operation of a computer operated robot arm The invention relates to a computer operated robot arm in which the operation of the robot arm is controlled by a first program defining absolute coordinate values of points necessary for a basic cycle of operation and at least one second program defining... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4177002 | Cooperative drive robot A robot arrangement adapted to carry a load such as an article, a tool or a cargo to a specified position includes a main robot capable of active movement of the load in rectilinear directions and passive movement in directions parallel to a plane perpend... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4168782 | Remote access manipulator A remote access manipulator for performing operations on equipment located in areas where human access is limited. The manipulator comprises a slave carriage located in the equipment on which the operation is to be performed, such as a nuclear steam gener... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4165116 | Gripping apparatus for the tongs of a remote manipulator Gripping apparatus for the tongs of a remote manipulator having two generally triangular symmetrical elongated projections, each articulated to a tong body and having a rear end piece opposite to the end of the projection, wherein a detachable member whic... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4163183 | Programmable automatic assembly system A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4140226 | Industrial robot The present invention relates to an industrial robot with a boom having a clasping member at its front end. The boom is connected with two levers wherein one lever is connected via rotary joints with the boom and with a support plate carrying the boom and... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4138876 | Truck frame alignment apparatus A heavy duty truck liner for working on a truck, or large trailer, where a plurality of pulling and pushing operations are required to straighten a frame, etc. A plurality of tracks in the form of a rectangle surrounding the normal position of the truck a... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4113033 | Method and arrangement for positioning a working tool to a predetermined direction and/or a predetermined point A working implement such as a rock drilling apparatus is automatically positioned to predetermined positions and/or directions. Particularly, a drill bit is moved to an imaginary plane spaced from the surface to be worked upon completion of a drill hole b... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4095481 | Joint mechanism of manipulator A joint mechanism of a manipulator, according to the present invention, consists of a first joint having its rotating shaft aligned with the Z-axis in the X-Y-Z Cartesian coordinate system established at a desired position in a working space, a second joi... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4086522 | Computer assisted teaching arrangement for conveyor line operation A programmable manipulator having an arm which is movable in a plurality of axes and encoder apparatus for the axes operative to develop position signals corresponding to the actual position of the arm is provided adjacent a workpiece moving along a prede... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4076131 | Industrial robot An industrial robot has a movable arm and a tool mounted on the arm and connected thereto so as to be movable with at least one degree of freedom relative to the arm, and transducers are arranged to sense the position of the tool relative to the arm and t... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4068156 | Rate control system for manipulator arms A manipulator system having a master control console and a slave mainpulator arm controlled by signals from the master control console is disclosed. The master control console includes a translation controller and a rotation controller, and the slave mani... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4065001 | Manipulator A manipulator includes a first arm assembly having a base end portion and a free end portion and attaching means on which the base end portion is pivotally mounted by first pivotal means for pivotal movement about a first pivotal axis. First power means a... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4062455 | Remote manipulator A remote manipulator of the force reflecting servomaster-slave type comprises manipulator elements capable of at least seven distinct motions corresponding to respective degrees of freedom. The manipulator elements include an upper arm journalled in a sho... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4042122 | Reorientation device for an object manipulator A reorientation device for use with a general purpose object manipulator is disclosed, comprised of an arrangement for rotating the object while in the grasp of the manipulator through predetermined detented angles, this reorientation thereby reducing the... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4011437 | Method and apparatus for compensating for unprogrammed changes in relative position between a machine and workpiece A method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying command signals representing predetermined positions of a machine element relative a workpiece as a function of measurable unprogrammed changes in the relative position therebetween. The machine element i... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4000819 | Control arm for a power manipulator The control arm for a remotely operated power manipulator comprises a system for carrying out a number of movements and position detectors for each movement. The number of possible movements of the arm is equal to the number of possible movements of the m... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3995756 | Load handling apparatus A load handling apparatus including a frame, an apparatus head mounted on the frame and rotatable in a horizontal plane and an arm mounted on the apparatus head. The arm has an inner portion which is in the form of a parallelogram linkage with two paralle... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3985238 | Industrial robot An apparatus, or so-called industrial robot, grasping an object, transferring the same from a position to the other and performing preselcted actions at that position. The apparatus belongs to a technically different category from the conventional robots ... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3967242 | Automatic working machine An automatic working machine adapted to carry out works such as cutting, filling, tightening and loosening, which comprises a visual unit for detecting, by means of the image information, a plurality of works and obstacles existing on an object, a working... | 06/29/1976 |
