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Automated Device With Movable Structure, In Particular Robot

A technology of automation devices and mobile structures, applied in the direction of robots, measuring devices, and electrical devices, can solve problems such as time-consuming, laborious, far away from reality, and complicated coverings

Active Publication Date: 2017-12-08
COMAU SPA
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[0010] Mounting these known coverings on the movable structure of the manipulator is often complicated and far from practical
Furthermore, the corresponding operation of removal or replacement of the covering or a part thereof in the event of accidental failure proves to be time-consuming and labor-intensive

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[0027] Reference to "an embodiment" or "one embodiment" in the framework of the present disclosure is intended to indicate that a particular configuration, structure, or characteristic described with respect to the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, features that may be present in various parts of this specification and described with reference to "an embodiment," "at least one embodiment," "one or more embodiments," etc. do not necessarily all refer to one and the same embodiment. Furthermore, particular configurations, structures or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. References used below are provided for convenience only and do not limit the scope or scope of the embodiments.

[0028] It is further noted that, in the results of this description, the automation in relation to which possible embodiments of the invention have been exemplified will be described limited to elements useful for understanding the...

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An automated device with a movable structure, in particular a robot, comprises: the movable structure; actuator means, for causing displacements of the movable structure; a control system, which includes a control unit and is able to control the actuator means; and a sensorized covering, which covers at least part of the movable structure and integrates sensor means that include at least one of contact sensor means and proximity sensor means. The sensorized covering comprises a plurality of covering modules, each having a respective load-bearing structure 40 of a predefined shape associated to which is at least one layer of elastically yielding material. The plurality of covering modules comprises one or more sensorized covering modules 23 24, which include respective sensor means. The load-bearing structure of at least some of the covering modules has electrical connector means 46 47 associated thereto, for enabling separable electrical connection of at least two different covering modules 23 24 that are adjacent to one another.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to automated devices used in the industrial manufacturing sector and has been developed with particular reference to the problem of cooperation between human operators and such automated devices. The invention finds a preferred application in the field of robotics, but can also be implemented to benefit other devices used in the industrial manufacturing sector. Background technique [0002] In order to efficiently utilize the contributions of automation in manufacturing processes and thus increase the efficiency of the latter, it is necessary to make the interaction between human operators and automation devices, in particular robots, natural and safe. In this way, it is possible to entrust human operators with those processes requiring unduly complex automation, while entrusting operations including, for example, major workloads, fast execution, high precision and high quality, to automated means. [0003] To enable thes...

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IPC IPC(8): B25J9/08B25J9/16B25J13/08B25J19/06B25J19/00
CPCB25J9/08B25J9/1676B25J13/084B25J13/086B25J19/00B25J19/06B25J19/065B25J19/0075B25J19/0091B25J19/028B25J19/063G01B7/023G01B7/18G01B7/22G01L1/18H03K17/955Y10S901/46B25J11/00B25J18/04B25J9/106B25J9/042B25J19/02B25J9/00G01V3/08F16P3/14F16P3/16
Inventor S.博德格诺尼F.西尼伊洛G.科洛姆比纳
Owner COMAU SPA