722 results about "Manipulator" patented technology

Manipulators for handling micron-scale samples, methods for making probes for the manipulators, and methods for using the manipulators are provided. An exemplary manipulator includes a probe, a probe holder, and a mechanical positioner. The probe includes an electrically conductive surface, a proximal end and a distal end where the distal end has a truncated conical shape with a generally flat face, and a bore extending from the proximal end to the face. The probe holder engages the proximal end and includes an inlet in fluid communication with the bore and with a source of sub-ambient pressure. An exemplary microscopy inspection method includes forming a free-standing membrane, positioning the probe of the manipulator proximate to the membrane, drawing the membrane to the face by drawing a vacuum through the bore, placing the membrane on a sample support, and inspecting the membrane with a microscope.

A Building Databases Manipulator builds databases for a variety of physical environments including buildings, terrain, and other site parameters, by scanning in or rapidly tracing or editing data, and verifying that the data is formatted and sufficient for use in other engineering applications, and generating a set of formatted data which is transportable. Grouping objects in layers allows for simultaneous conversion of all objects in one layer to have certain predetermined attributes (e.g., converting objects to be made from glass versus cement; converting objects within a layer to have a uniform, smaller or larger, height or width dimension).

A flexible display includes a plurality of pixel chips, chixels, provided on a flexible substrate. The chixels and the light emitters thereon may be shaped, sized and arranged to minimize chixel, pixel, and subpixel gaps and to provide a desired bend radius of the display. The flexible substrate may include light manipulators, such as filters, light convertors and the like to manipulate the light emitted from light emitters of the chixels. The light manipulators may be arranged to minimize chixel gaps between adjacent chixels.

The present invention relates to a uterine manipulator comprising at least (i) a handle (1) which has a longitudinal axis (10), (ii) an arm (2) which also has a longitudinal axis (20) with a distal end (21) connecting it to the handle (1) and a proximal end (22), and (iii) a head (3) which has a longitudinal axis (30) and which is attached to the proximal end (22) of the arm (2), the shape and length of said arm (2) being sufficient to allow the head (3) of said arm to be introduced into the vaginal cavity, characterized in that said head (3) is provided with a sectioning device (4) arranged on a support (5), allowing the vaginal wall to be sectioned, this sectioning device (4) being arranged at a certain distance from the longitudinal axis (30) of the head (3) and being able to perform a rotating movement, preferably of 360 degrees, about said longitudinal axis (30).

A medical manipulator includes a wire movable in opposite directions, a driven wire having both ends thereof connected to the wire, an end effector of a distal-end working unit, a transmitting member, a crescent driven member integral with the transmitting member, and a return pulley. The transmitting member, the crescent driven member, and the return pulley are successively arranged in this order from the proximal end of the medical manipulator. When the driven wire is moved in opposite directions, the transmitting member also moves in opposite directions. At this time, the crescent driven member moves toward the return pulley, and the proximal-end portion of the return pulley enters a cavity of the crescent driven member.

A surgical system (200) includes a surgical instrument (260) that is sensitive to backlash that would adversely affect the transmission of controlled torque and position to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument (260) is coupled to motors in a surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) via a mechanical interface. The combination of the mechanical interface and surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) have low backlash, e.g., less than 0.7 degrees. The backlash is controlled in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240). From the drive output disk (545) in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly to the driven disk (964) of the surgical instrument, the mechanical interface has zero backlash for torque levels used in surgical procedures.

The invention provides an automatic transplanter for plug seedlings, comprising a transplanting mechanical hand mechanism, a planer-type mechanical arm mechanism, a seedling plug, a flowerpot conveying mechanism and a stand. The automatic transplanter for the plug seedlings is characterized in that the planer-type mechanical arm mechanism is provided with a mechanical arm horizontal movement guiderail and a synchronous belt on the upper part of the stand, the mechanical arm horizontal moving guide rail is connected with a mechanical arm connection plate in a sliding way, and the mechanical arm connection plate is connected with the synchronous belt and provided with a mechanical arm vertical movement guide rail and a transmission chain, and both ends of the mechanical arm are respectivelyarranged on the mechanical arm vertical movement guide rail and respectively connected with the transmission chain; a mechanical hand split-joint movement guide rail is assembled with a plurality ofmechanical hands in a sliding way, the end part of a cylinder piston rod is connected with a fore-end mechanical hand, and inelastic connection belts are arranged among the mechanical hands; the transplanting mechanical hand mechanism is fixedly connected with a mechanical finger installation positioning block at the lower end of a cylinder, the cylinder piston rod is fixedly connected with a mechanical hand installation positioning block which is fixedly connected with a finger sleeve, and a mechanical finger penetrating through the finger sleeve and the mechanical hand installation positioning block is fixedly connected on the mechanical finger installation positioning block. The automatic transplanter is characterized by replacing the manual operation with the machine to automatically complete transplantation of the plug seedlings of vegetables and flowers and plants and having simple structure, convenience, practicality and reliable property.

A medical manipulator comprises a working unit (10) that performs operations, an operating unit (20) that generates instructions, a drive unit (50) that drives the working unit on the basis of instructions given thereto by the operating unit, a power transmission mechanism (60) for transmitting driving force of the drive unit to the working unit, and a control unit (40) for controlling the power transmission mechanism on the basis of instructions given thereto by the operating unit. The power transmission mechanism includes a first power transmission unit (61) interlocked with the drive unit, and a second power transmission unit (63) interlocked with the working unit and capable of being detachably connected to the first power transmission unit. A back drive torque of the first power transmission unit is larger than a back drive torque of the second power transmission unit.

The assembly (1) has a vertically extending main support (2) rotatable about a vertical axis (4), and a horizontal extension arm (12) supported by a vertically traveling vertical carriage on the vertical main support. A manipulator gripper (18) is supported directly or indirectly on the horizontal extension arm, which is supported on the vertical carriage for horizontal travel by a linear guide. The horizontal extension arm is provided with an articulated arm (14) rotatable about a vertical axis (15), the manipulator gripper arranged at the end of the articulated arm. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a method for feeding/removing workpieces and/or tools to/from a machine tool (2) a machine tool assembly including a machine tool.

The invention discloses a numerical control bottle cap production line, which comprises the following processes of: an inner plug feeding unit, an inner assembly unit, a bottle neck feeding unit, a bottle neck assembly unit, a middle sleeve feeding unit, a middle sleeve assembly unit, a middle sleeve stamping unit, a manipulator pick-up unit, an inner cap feeding unit, an inner cap assembly unit,an inner cap screwing unit, a top cap feeding unit and the top cap assembly unit, wherein the inner plug feeding unit is connected with the inner plug assembly unit by an inner plug vibrating plate slideway; the bottle neck feeding unit is connected with the bottle neck assembly unit by a bottle neck slideway and a bottle neck conveying belt; the middle sleeve feeding unit is connected with the middle sleeve assembly unit by a slideway and a middle sleeve conveying belt; the middle sleeve stamping unit is connected with the middle sleeve assembly unit and the manipulator pick-up unit; and theinner cap feeding unit is connected with the inner cap assembly unit by an inner cap conveying belt. In the numerical control bottle cap production line, an integral bottle cap is assembled on the automatic production line to fulfill the aims of improving the production efficiency and the quality of products.

An ion electrode extraction assembly comprising an ion source 20 and at least one electrode 50 having a gap through which a beam of extracted ions passes in use. An electrode manipulator assembly 55 is provided to move the electrode so as to vary the width of the gap transversely to the ion beam, move the electrode transversely to the ion beam, and move the electrode in the direction of the ion beam. The three degrees of movement being carried out independently of one another.

The invention provides a rectangular coordinate five-freedom welding manipulator, relating to a welding manipulator. The welding manipulator comprises an X-axial sliding table, an X-axial slide block, a Y-axial sliding table, a Y-axial slide block, a Z-axial sliding table, a Z-axial slide block, an A-axial motor seat connected to the Z-axial slide block, and a B-axial motor seat which is connected with the A-axial motor seat and can rotate in the vertical direction relatively to the A-axial motor seat, wherein an output rotating shaft of an A-axial servo motor in the A-axial motor seat is connected with an A-axial belt pulley; the A-axial motor seat is connected with a rotating shaft support plate; the A-axial motor seat and the B-axial motor seat are connected with each other through a B-axial rotating shaft which passes through an axial hole I on the rotating shaft support plate and an axial hole II of the B-axial motor seat; a B-axial belt pulley is connected to the B-axial rotating shaft; synchronous belts are connected with the A-axial belt pulley and the B-axial belt pulley; and a B-axial motor output rotating shaft for connecting a welding gun is arranged on the B-axial servo motor in the B-axial motor seat. The welding manipulator has wide welding range and high flexibility, and can weld dead angles positions of parts which cannot be easily welded by a conventional manipulator.

The invention discloses an intelligent robot for power station inspection and maintenance and a control system of the intelligent robot. The intelligent robot comprises an inspection and maintenance robot body and a remote console. The robot body is of a tracked manipulator structure. A four-track mobile platform provides sufficient power and steering performance for the robot for movement in a complex terrain of a power station. Track wheels can further rotate along track wheel connecting shafts, and therefore terrain adaptability is improved. A monitoring system is installed on the robot body to provide control information for inspection and maintenance. The robot has two modes of autonomous navigation and artificial remote operation. In the mode of autonomous navigation, inspection on a predetermined route is autonomously completed according to information provided by a composite navigation system. In the mode of artificial remote operation, movement of the robot and the maintenance of a manipulator are artificially operated. The robot has the advantages of being high in automated degree and intelligentialized degree, flexible and small and exquisite.

A formix manipulator includes a collar and stabilizer. The collar has a first end and a second end, the second end having an opening and diameter greater than the first end and the first end having an opening to receive a cervix into the collar. The stabilizer has a base portion defining a guide hole and a plurality of prongs extending from the base portion to contact the first end of the collar.

The invention discloses a loading and unloading manipulator which is characterized by comprising a rotary workpiece module, a loading module, a clamping module, an unloading module and a motion control system module, wherein the rotary workpiece module mainly comprises a bracket, a telescopic swinging cylinder, a connecting plate, a rotary motion device, a first linear slide rail and a rotary paw; the rotation of the telescopic swinging cylinder drives the rotary paw to rotate; the expansion and the contraction of the telescopic swinging cylinder drives the rotary paw to expand and contract along the first linear slide rail; the loading module mainly comprises a loading paw device, a tiny moving mechanism, a movable large cylinder and a second slide rail; the expansion and the contraction of the movable large cylinder drives the loading paw device to move forwards and backwards along an axis X under the driving of the tiny moving mechanism; the clamping module comprises two cylinders which are perpendicularly connected with each other; the vertical cylinder expands and contracts in an axis Z direction, and the horizontal cylinder expands and contracts in an axis Y direction, so as to clamp and release a workpiece; and the unloading module comprises an unloading pusher mechanism, an inclined plane delivery mechanism and an unloading conveyor belt.

The invention discloses a mobile phone camera LED part automatic assembly machine. The mobile phone camera LED part automatic assembly machine comprises a worktable. The worktable is provided with a rotating disc device and a manipulator arm for feeding and discharging. The rotating disc device is provided with a plurality of auxiliary jigs for placing camera end covers, and a camera end cover feeding device, an adhesive dispensing device, an LED part feeding device, an LED assembly device, a finished product detecting mechanism, a defective product placement area and a finished product discharging device are arranged on the worktable in sequence and surround a rotating disc. A plurality of overturn mechanisms are arranged between the camera end cover feeding device and the rotating disc device. After the camera end covers and LED parts are placed on charging trays, the manipulator arm places the obtained camera end covers on overturn devices, and the overturn devices rotate to overturn the camera end covers and place the camera end covers on the auxiliary jigs; and then through the processes of automatic adhesive dispensing, LED part assembly and the like, and higher assembly efficiency and assembly precision can be achieved. The mobile phone camera LED part automatic assembly machine is used in the field of industrial automation.

The invention provides a transfer robot system which comprises a base, a rotary upright column, a suspension arm, a manipulator and a control device. The rotary upright column is movably positioned on the base and is perpendicular to the base, the suspension arm is perpendicularly mounted on the rotary upright column and moves along the axial direction of the rotary upright column, the manipulator is movably fixed to the tail end of the suspension arm, the control device controls the rotation angle of the rotary upright column and displacement distances of the base, the suspension arm and the manipulator, and the suspension arm is perpendicular to the rotary upright column and is provided with a vision photographing and judging device for scanning types of transferred workpieces. Accordingly, the large heavy workpieces are transferred automatically, and production efficiency is improved.

An uncoiling blanking forming method comprises the following steps that 1) steel coil uncoiling is carried out, namely a steel belt after steel coil uncoiling is subjected to washing and straightening and enters a blanking zone through a clamping conveying roller; 2) laser blanking is carried out, namely a steel coil enters the blanking zone, a laser blanking mode is used, a material piece with the needed shape is formed by cutting of a laser cutting head, and waste materials fall down and are output; 3) material piece output is carried out, namely the material piece is conveyed through a magnetism stretching conveying belt machine and then is carried to a stamping procedure through a mechanical arm or a robot; 4) stamping forming is carried out, namely the material piece is subjected to stamping and is machined into a workpiece; and 5) checking is carried out, namely the workpiece is checked and put in storage. The method can achieve series connecting of a blanking line and a stamping forming line, matching can be achieved, the middle links such as stacking, packing, conveying, locating, unpacking, conveying and position centering of piece materials and stamping forming workpieces and transferring sites are reduced, the technology processes are simplified and connected in series, and by laser blanking, coiling materials are directly machined into forming pieces.

The invention relates to a dried noodle packager and a flour finishing device thereof. The flour finishing device comprises a fixed bracket, sliding guide rails, synchronizing wheels, a synchronizing belt, a transverse pulley, a rotating cylinder, at least one manipulator and vibrating mechanisms, wherein the sliding guide rails, the synchronizing wheels and the synchronizing belt are fixed at two sides of the fixed bracket; the transverse pulley is arranged in match with the sliding guide rails; the rotating cylinder is fixed on the pulley; the front end of the pulley is horizontally hinged with the manipulator which can do reciprocating 90-degree turning motion; and the vibrating mechanisms are fixed below the manipulators. The dried noodle packager comprises a stand, an automatic weighting device, a conveying device, the flour finishing device, a packaging device and a paper-conveying and glue-coating mechanism. The flour finishing device carries out flour finishing vertically and has the advantages of good flour finishing effect and high speed. The dried noodle packager has the advantages of reasonable structure, easy operation, convenient use, high automatic degree and high working efficiency. The packaged dried noodles are neat and compact, are popular in customers, and are beneficial to being popularized and implemented.

The invention relates to a full-automatic double-end looping wire-rewinding machine which comprises a frame. A full-automatic binding machine is arranged on one side of the frame, and an operating table, a wire clamping device and a metering device are arranged on the other side of the frame. The frame is provided with a double-end looping system. Two looping power devices are symmetrically arranged at the bottom of the double-end looping system. A mechanical arm is arranged on one side of the double-end looping system, while a winding device is arranged on the other side of the double-end looping system. A traction device is arranged on one side of the winding device, and a tension mechanism is arranged between the winding device and the traction device. The full-automatic double-end looping wire-rewinding machine provided by the invention has the beneficial effects that the machine is not stopped and slowed down in the whole working process, not intervened manually and automatically operated by a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), and full-automatically changes discs and ties belts, so that the full-automatic double-end looping wire-rewinding machine is light in work intensity of workers, high in degree of automation, and stable and reliable in operation, and the production efficiency is improved due to continuous production without halting, and the quality is more reliable.

A manipulator-guided gripping device (1) for motor vehicle body parts includes a number of device parts (6, 7) and a safety device (9), which serves to determine geometrical changes of the device parts (6, 7, 8). At least one deflection safety device (10), which prevents collisions, is provided on the device parts (6, 7, 8). The deflection safety device (10) is mounted on a junction point (23) between the device parts (6, 7, 8).

The invention discloses a five-axis linkage horizontal machining center machine tool. A lathe bed comprises a horizontal lathe bed and a longitudinal lathe bed. The machine tool is characterized in that: the horizontal and longitudinal lathe beds are arrange in a T shape; a rotary table moves side to side, namely performs X-axis motion on the horizontal lathe bed; an upright post moves back and forth, namely performs Z-axis motion on the longitudinal lathe bed; a spindle head drives a spindle to move up and down, namely performs Y-axis motion on the upright post; the spindle swings around the axis of the A axis, namely performs A-axis motion; the rotary table rotates around the axis of the Y axis, namely performs B-axis motion; the X axis, Y axis, Z axis, A axis and B axis can realize five-axis linkage machining; the A-axis single spindle head has a wide pendulum angle ranging from -120 to +95 degrees; a double-exchange workbench is matched in front of the horizontal lathe bed; the right of the longitudinal lathe bed is provided with a magazine tool and a tool changing mechanical arm, and also provided with a tool measuring and workpiece measuring device; and the moving upright post has a front-and-side bidirectional variable cross section structure. The five-axis linkage horizontal machining center machine tool is suitable for machining medium and large titanium alloy aviation structures at high efficiency and high precision, and meets the requirements on high-efficiency high-precision machining equipment for the titanium alloy aviation structures of the domestic aerospace industry.

A quick disconnect tooling apparatus for releasably latching an end effector tool to a manipulator. The present invention provides a base module connectable to a manipulator, and a tool module connectable to the end effector tool. A power source coupling has a first portion coupled to the base module, and a second portion coupled to the tool module, wherein the first and second portions of the power source coupling may cooperatively engage one another to allow for the passing of power between the manipulator and the end effector tool. A releasable latch is connected to the base module and is moveable between a latched position, wherein the latch cooperatively engages a latch pin connected to the tool module to secure the tool module to the base module and allow the first and second portions of the power source coupling to communicate with one another, and an unlatched position, wherein the releasable latch does not engage the latch pin thereby allowing the base module and the tool module to be disconnected and the first and second portions of the power source coupling to be disconnected.

The invention belongs to the technical field of grinders, and particularly relates to a full-automatic numerical control cylindrical grinder with manipulators capable of feeding and blanking. The full-automatic numerical control cylindrical grinder with the manipulators capable of feeding and blanking comprises an engine base, and a workpiece clamping mechanism and a grinding wheel mechanism are arranged in the engine base; the full-automatic numerical control cylindrical grinder with the manipulators capable of feeding and blanking further comprises an automatic feeding mechanism and an automatic blanking mechanism, the automatic feeding mechanism comprises a first manipulator and a first cylinder, the automatic blanking mechanism comprises a second manipulator and a second cylinder, the engine base is provided with a beam, the first manipulator and the second manipulator are connected with the beam in a sliding mode, the engine base is further provided with a detection mechanism used for detecting the outer diameter of a workpiece, and the detection mechanism is located at the front end of the workpiece clamping mechanism. The full-automatic numerical control cylindrical grinder with the manipulator capable of feeding and blanking is configured with the manipulator capable of feeding and blanking automatically and automatic detection equipment, the unmanned operation of the whole procedures of the workpiece processing technology which comprises blank feeding, clamping, processing, detecting, material taking out and material taking up can be completed, the processing efficiency and the processing precision are high, and the unmanned operation can reduce the labor cost.

Endoscope manipulator for MIS can overcome disadvantages of multiaxial endoscope manipulator including conventional robot arm and provide compact and lightweight structure to obtain maximum activity space for medical staff. According to the endoscope manipulator for MIS, multi-joint arm is configured so that movement of all of the joints from base link to tip link is manually locked and unlocked by user and not controlled by motors. Additionally, endoscope mounted on an end of multi-joint arm is manipulated using motors to enable movement of three degrees of freedom, thereby accomplishing compact and lightweight endoscope manipulator. Additionally, tube of endoscope can be press-fitted onto tip part of multi-joint arm, and triaxial movement function for vertical, horizontal and forward/backward conveyance of endoscope is implemented in the tip part of multi-joint arm. Therefore, since external manual joints are not moved during operation, Disturbance or restriction to activities of medical staff can be minimized.

The invention relates to the technical field of vending equipment and in particular to a method and machine for food automatically selling. The method includes receiving a food purchasing command which includes additional information of food; judging whether the additional food information includes heating information or not, if yes, controlling a mechanical arm to pick up the food from a freezing or cold storing device and transfer the food a heating device for heating; after heating, controlling the mechanical arm to pick up the food from the heating device and transfer the food a thermal insulation device connected with a delivering device; judging whether the food in the thermal insulation device is delivered within the preset-time, and if not, picking up the undelivered food and transferring the same to a recycling place by the mechanical arm. The functions of freezing / cold storing, heating and thermal preserving are integrated, and the quality of the food can be guaranteed in long time. The machine which is convenient and quick has the advantages that space is more reasonably utilized by adopting the mechanical arm to pick up food, the size of the machine is decreased and the cost is lowered as compared with the existing belt conveyors.

The invention discloses a feeding device used for a vacuum forming machine, which comprises material piling carriages, material absorption manipulators and a control unit. The material piling carriage comprises a carriage body, columns for positioning material slices and the material slice possessing an induction element, the inner side of positioning columns are provided with hairbrushes; the material absorption manipulator comprises a support, a sucker component, and a sucker component driving mechanism. The sucker components are arranged on the support through a guide rail, the sucker component comprises a sucker rack body, a plurality of central suckers provided on the sucker rack body, suckers at the bottom, blowing nozzles. The central sucker and the sucker at the bottom are connected with a vacuum pump, the sucker component driving mechanism comprises a translating driving mechanism and a driving mechanism capable of moving up and down; the suckers at the bottom arranged on the outboard of the sucker rack body are connected a jitter cylinder, the blowing nozzles are also arranged on the outboard of the sucker rack body, the blowing nozzles are connected with a compression air pump of the vacuum forming machine. The invention has the advantages that the efficiency of materials filling is enhanced, only one material slice need to be heated for the following procedure which flows from each feeding procedure, thereby, the integral working efficiency of the vacuum forming machine can be guaranteed.

An apparatus is disclosed for injecting an expandable or foaming material in a closed sectional structure of a body. The apparatus is suitable for mass-producing vehicles, such as automobiles efficiently. This apparatus is provided with a manipulator (38) movable to a desired position, a injector (50) fixed to the manipulator, a device (56) for supplying the expandable or foaming material to the injector, and a controller (40) adapted to control the position of the manipulator (10) so that the injector is set in a position in which the foaming material can be supplied to the closed sectional structure of the vehicle body through an injection port of the same closed sectional structure, and also adapted to control the supply device so that the foaming material can be injected and filled in the closed sectional structure thereof by only such an amount that was set in accordance with the volume of the inside of the sectional structure.

The invention discloses a battery filling machine, which comprises a feeding assembly line, a front weighing device, a first rotating plate, a second rotating plate, a rear weighing device, a main assembly line, a blanking assembly line, a feeding manipulator, a transfer manipulator, a material shifting manipulator, a lower good product manipulator and a lower defective product manipulator, wherein the feeding manipulator is connected among the feeding assembly line, a front weighing station and the first rotating plate; the transfer manipulator is connected between the first rotating plate and the second rotating plate; the material shifting manipulator is connected among the second rotating plate, a rear weighing station and the main assembly line; the lower good product manipulator is connected between the main assembly line and the feeding assembly line; a front battery in-place detection device, a filling hole correction device and a front filing hole detection device are arranged on the first rotating plate in a surrounding manner; a rear battery in-place detection device, a rear filing hole detection device, a battery filling device and a prepressing nail device are arranged on the second rotating plate in the surrounding manner; and an all-rivet device and a rivet detection device are sequentially arranged on the main assembly line. Through coordination of the components, feeding, filling, riveting and blanking are carried out on a battery, so that mechanical and automatic production is achieved.

The invention discloses an automatic riveting device for a windscreen wiper framework and an application method of the automatic riveting device. The automatic riveting device is characterized by comprising a riveting machine, a first pushing device, a second pushing device, a rivet supply device, a feeding sliding rail device, a feeding mechanical arm device, a horizontal sliding rail swing device, a carrying device, a material detection device and a control unit; the control unit is used for controlling the time sequence motion of all the devices and the riveting machine, riveting machining of the windscreen wiper framework is automatically finished, the automatic riveting device is high in automation degree, accurate in machining and good in safety performance, batch machining of the windscreen wiper framework can be achieved, machining efficiency is effectively improved, and production cost is greatly reduced. The quality of machined windscreen wiper frameworks is uniform, the defect that riveting quality generating in the manual machining process is not uniform can be overcome, riveting of the windscreen wiper framework is more standardized, the overall quality of products is effectively guaranteed, and market competitiveness is improved.