68 results about "Remote manipulator" patented technology

Laser drilling devices are disclosed which include a laser beam source and a laser drilling head. The laser drilling head includes a beam manipulator system in which the only dynamically moving optical element is a mirror. The mirror is dynamically and reciprocally translatable along the direction of the incoming laser beam and is also dynamically and reciprocally tiltable about an axis that is perpendicular to the nominal optical axis of the drilling head. The drilling head also includes a spinnable laser beam rotating system, a simplified compensation system, and a focusing system. The compensation system includes as its only laser beam path shifting optical elements on or two wedge plates which, if two, are fixably rotatable relative to one another in planes which are perpendicular to the nominal optical axis of the laser drilling device.

An automated rod manipulator system for moving a drill rod section from a storage magazine to a drill rig and connecting the drill rod to a drill string of the drill rig without manual manipulation of any parts. The automated rod manipulator system may comprise a magazine to store and dispense a plurality of drill rod sections, a carriage to convey one of the plurality of drill rod sections from the magazine to a transfer position; and a gripping arm coupled to a drill rig mast of a drilling rig, the gripping arm operable to convey one of the plurality of drill rod sections from a transfer position to a position aligned with a spindle center line of the drilling rig. The automated rod manipulator may also include a control system and an alignment assembly for aligning the drill rod section on a spindle centerline of the drill rig.

The invention relates to a portable remote manipulator and a method for optionally selecting objects controlled thereby. The remote manipulator has small volume and is provided with multiple shortcut key presses which can optionally set any controlled equipment or any profiles in a room, and the settings are downloaded to a room controller after being set on a main controller, so as to realize one-touch rapid operation. The remote manipulator comprises a core processing unit, a key-press processing unit, a wireless communication unit, and a power supply management unit. The optionally selecting method comprises the following steps: (1) selecting controlled equipment by the remote manipulator; (2) establishing the binding relationship of the shortcut key presses; and (3) wireless downloading the binding relationship of the shortcut key presses. Compared with the prior art, the method utilizes wireless communication technology to realize one-touch operation of any controlled equipment or any profiles in the room by using the remote manipulator.

The invention relates to a self-control preheating central water supply system for gas water heaters. The system mainly comprises a water heater main body, hot/cold water inlet/outlet pipes connected with the main body, and control valves arranged on the pipes. Two or more water consumption branches are connected on the hot water outlet pipe. The central water supply system is characterized in that: the water heater main body is also connected with a circulating device via pipes, a master controller and a flow meter are arranged inside the main body; the master controller is also connected with a remote manipulator, the circulating device is provided inside with a controller, a temperature-sensitive probe electrically connected with the controller, a water circulating pump and a flow meter, a one-way valve is arranged on the loop of the circulating device, the remoter manipulator, the master controller and the controllers are connected with one another by means of two-way non-polar safety voltage carrier waves, the main controller receives information from the controller of the circulating device and the remote manipulator and collects temperature and water flow data of the main body for further analysis and treatment, thereby forming the automatic control system of central water preheating. The system has the advantages of multiple functions, full-automatic intelligent control and good application effect.

The invention discloses a kite clearer of a high-tension transmission line. The kite clearer comprises a shell, wherein an electric clipper and a gas flame gun are respectively and fixedly arranged in the shell and are respectively connected with a wireless receiving controller and a spray gun electronic controller; the shaft, extending out of the shell, of the electric clipper is additionally provided with a blade; the gun port, extending out of the shell, of the gas flame gun is provided with a flame nozzle; the shell is fixedly connected with an isolated traction rope; the top of the shell is provided with two groups of hooks for connecting wires; and the kite remover further comprises an independent remote manipulator which is connected with the wireless receiving controller. The kite remover can be used for conveniently and flexibly removing a kite wound on the high-tension transmission line; and people can control the kite remover of the high-tension transmission line to remove the kite wound on the wires while standing on the ground.

A head-mounted display is provided with a main body which is connected with a remote manipulator and is provided with an optical visualization unit. The optical visualization unit comprises a display element which is used for displaying virtual images, a housing which is used for containing the display element, a polarization element which is arranged in the front of the housing and used for adjusting the ambient light intensity of the display element, and a front cover element which is used for covering the front surface of the housing. The polarization element can shift between a perspective mode and a non-perspective mode under the control of the user.

Articulating mechanisms, link systems, and components thereof, useful for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, the remote manipulation of instruments such as surgical or diagnostic instruments or tools are provided. The link systems include links wherein at least two adjacent links are pivotable relative to one another around two distinct pivot points. Mechanisms for locking the links are also provided.

The present invention provides a low profile, compact, scalable concept end-effector for use in robotic handling applications. The end-effector acts as the interface between multi-degree-of-freedom (DOF) manipulator and its base (if applicable), as well as the tools it handles and is compatible with both large manipulator systems such as the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) and Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) and smaller dexterous manipulators such as the Orbital Express Dexterous Manipulator System. An active/controlled component is attached to the roll joint(s) at one or both end(s) of the manipulator, with an entirely passive component attached to the structure/tools that the manipulator interfaces with. Interface engagement and mate operations are performed by way of the manipulator roll joint. Once mated, shear pins are extended to lock the mated assembly in place and achieve a high stiffness, zero free play mated interface.

The invention discloses a jet manipulator. The jet manipulator comprises bodywork, a traveling wheel, an arm support, a traveling operation system, an arm support hydraulic system and an arm support rotary table supporting and traveling structure; the traveling wheel and the arm support are arranged on the bodywork; the traveling operation system is connected with the traveling wheel; and the arm support hydraulic system controls the work of the arm support. The jet manipulator has the advantages of high suitability, reliable work, high efficiency and flexible use.

The invention discloses a swing-arm type manipulator. The swing-arm type manipulator comprises a base, a cross arm, a sliding seat, a liftable mechanical arm and a clamping jaw, wherein the end portion of the cross arm is fixed on the base by use of a rotating shaft and the cross arm is arranged horizontally and capable of rotating by 360 degrees in the horizontal plane around the rotating shaft; the sliding seat is slidingly connected to the cross arm and capable of sliding in the length direction; the liftable mechanical arm is fixed on the sliding seat; the clamping jaw is fixed on the lower end of the mechanical arm; the mechanical arm is arranged vertically and perpendicular to the cross arm; the rotation of the cross arm in the horizontal plane and the lifting of the mechanical arm in the vertical direction are realized under the driving of a servo motor. The swing-arm type manipulator is simple in structure and flexible in degree of freedom; after the swing-arm type manipulator is mounted and used, the productivity can be increased by 20%-30%, the reject ratio of products can be reduced, the safety of the operating personnel can be ensured, the labor is reduced, the throughput is controlled accurately and waste is reduced.

The invention discloses a soft manipulator embedded with rubber hoses. The soft manipulator comprises three soft tentacles of the same specification, and a rigid fixing frame for mounting the soft tentacles. The corresponding high-elasticity rubber pipe is embedded in each tentacle, and traditional complex manipulator manufacturing processes are omitted; during layering glue injection, inextensible fibers are doped in a silica gel layer of one side of each tentacle, and thus the tentacles can bend to one side more easily during bending; the surface of the other side of each tentacle is grooved, and the surface stiffness of the tentacles is lowered, so that driving force required by the soft manipulator at a certain bending degree is lower; and a cylindrical boss is formed at the tail end of each tentacle during bending so as to increase the wrapping capacity for different objects, and objects in different shapes can be better grabbed. Through reasonable layout of the rubber hoses and the optimal design of the structure of the manipulator, grabbing of the objects in different shapes is achieved by controlling pressure, grabbing operation on the various objects is achieved without replacing the manipulator, and the manipulator is applicable to complex production line.

The invention provides a manipulator which comprises supporting rods, a left converging air cylinder, a right converging air cylinder, a left manipulator body and a right manipulator body. Each of the left manipulator body and the right manipulator body is composed of an arc plate, a lower nipper plate and an upper nipper plate, the lower nipper plate and the upper nipper plate of the left manipulator or the right manipulator are respectively connected with the respective arc plate of the left manipulator or the right manipulator, the lower nipper plates of the left manipulator and the right manipulator are arranged in a staggered manner, the upper nipper plates of the left manipulator and the right manipulator are arranged in a staggered manner, the arc plates of the left manipulator and the right manipulator are respectively fixed on piston rods of the left converging air cylinder and the right converging air cylinder, and the left converging air cylinder and the right converging air cylinder are symmetrically arranged and fixed on the supporting rods. The manipulator has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in operation, high degree of automation, high working efficiency and the like, and packing of a welding rod clamped by the manipulator is more convenient.

A system for operating a catheter having a distal end adapted to be navigated in the body, and a proximal end having a handle with a translatable control and a rotatable control for acting on the distal end of the device includes a support for receiving and engaging the handle of the catheter; a translation mechanism for advancing and retracting the support to advance and retract a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a rotation mechanism for rotating the support to rotate a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a translation operator for engaging the translatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the translatable control to act on the distal end of the device; and a rotation operator for engaging the rotatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the rotatable control to act on the distal end of the device.

A suspended tire manipulator for use by an operator in lifting a tire having a mounting aperture includes a first handle attached to a first proximal arm. The first proximal arm is connected to a first distal arm at an obtuse angle. The manipulator includes a rotary balancer pivotally mounted to the first distal arm. The rotary balancer provides a pivoting torque to the first distal arm in response to operator movements raising and lowering the manipulator via manual force applied at the handle. A vertical support has a lower end and an upper end. The lower end connects to the rotary balancer. The manipulator includes a pair of gripper shoes. The pair of gripper shoes are slidably mounted on a rail and move in opposite inboard and outboard directions on the rail.

The invention provides a baby carriage and a cart, and relates to the technical field of baby carriages. The baby carriage comprises a remote manipulator, a first carriage frame, a second carriage frame and a distance sensor which is used for detecting the distance between a baby carriage body and the remote manipulator. A baby cradle is connected between the first carriage frame and the second carriage frame, and a GPS detector is arranged in the baby cradle. A first front wheel and a first rear wheel are connected with the front bottom and the rear bottom of the first carriage frame in a pivoted mode respectively, a second front wheel and a second rear wheel are connected with the front bottom and the rear bottom of the second carriage frame in a pivoted mode respectively, a first motor for driving the first front wheel to rotate is fixedly arranged at the front bottom of the first carriage frame, and a second motor for driving the second front wheel to rotate is fixedly arranged at the front bottom of the second carriage frame. The remote manipulator, the distance sensor, the GPS detector, the first driving motor and the second driving motor are electrically connected with a controller respectively. The baby carriage has the advantages of being good in functionality and high in intelligence.

The invention discloses a screen inputting interface device, which is applied to the embedded digital television or the one with set-top box (STB) of bidirectional functions. The digital television contains a remote manipulator, a screen and a digital television set, including: an input-region which is set on the screen-interface to show the input characters, a type-region which is set on the screen-interface to show the type of the input characters, a keyboard displaying region set on the screen-interface including a character keyboard to show the keys corresponding to the current types in the type-region and a control menu to show the keys controlling the character displayed in the input-region, and a choice confirm-region which is set on the screen-interface to choose the input-region and input the selected characters into it.

The invention relates to a method for stringing an initial guide rope by a remote control fixed-wing aircraft. The method comprises the steps of firstly, placing a pay-off rack at a rear side of an iron tower at an initial end of a single to-be-strung segment along a circuit direction; secondly, arranging an initial guide rope disc on the pay-off rack, and fixing a separation piece which can be separated from a remote control hook under a certain pull force on the remote hook; and finally, operating the remote control fixed-wing aircraft to take off through a remote controller by a remote manipulator, enabling the initial guide rope to descend after the remote control fixed-wing aircraft flies over the iron tower at a tail end of the single strung segment, notifying a remote control personto open the remote hook after the initial guide rope is grasped by a person at the top of the tower, throwing a rope end on the remote control fixed-wing aircraft, and completing stringing of the initial guide rope of a pay-off segment. Under the condition that a user is not timely to operate, the remote control fixed-wing aircraft is difficult to fall off under a relatively large pull force.

The invention provides a sound reminding machine, particularly relates to a machine capable of detecting sound and reminding a user, belonging to the field of domestic electronic products. The machine is composed of : a sound detection module for detecting sound intensity; and an alarming content layer, a backlight module, an alarming light module, an alarming sound module, a remote manipulator receiving module and a remote manipulator for the reminding machine. The invention can detect the intensity of surrounding sound via the sound detection module, and can remind the noise source via the alarming light module and the alarming sound module when the sound intensity is over a certain limit, so as to built a quiet environment.

The invention discloses a manipulator of an intelligent warehousing roadway robot. The manipulator comprises a drive device, a plate seat, a transition plate, a transition plate guide rail, a transition plate synchronous wheel group, a transition plate synchronous belt, a fork plate and a fork plate guide rail, wherein the transition plate is movably arranged on the plate seat through the transition plate guide rail, the transition plate synchronous belt is arranged on the transition plate through front-back cooperation of the transition plate synchronous wheel group, a layout direction of the transition plate synchronous belt corresponds to a movement direction of the transition plate, the middle part of the plate seat is fixedly connected with the lower section of the transition plate synchronous belt, the fork plate is movably arranged on the transition plate through the fork plate guide rail, a movement direction of the fork plate corresponds to the movement direction of the transition plate, and in addition, the middle part of the fork plate is fixedly connected with the upper section of the transition plate synchronous belt; and the drive device is arranged on the plate seat and in transmission connection with the transition plate. The manipulator is scientific and reasonable in structure, fast in response speed and high in position accuracy; and efficient cargo storage and taking and even left-right bidirectional telescopic cargo storage and taking of the manipulator are realized through a multilayer linkage design.

The invention relates to a sound level adjusting device for television receiver and the means thereof. The adjusting device includes the following units: an audio frequency processing unit and a control unit; the adjusting means includes the following phases: a first phase to set a sound level decreasing mode according to the specified sound level decreasing unit; a second phase, wherein in the sound level decreasing mode, when a command to decrease sound volume is input, after the current volume output from the speaker is confirmed, a volume according to the specified sound level decrease is then calculated from the output volume; and a third phase to decrease the volume output from the speaker according to the calculated volume. When decreasing the sound level output from the speaker in a television receiver, the invention can quickly adjust the sound level to conform to the environment through manipulating the remote manipulator only once because the device and means can decrease the specified volume corresponding to a plurality of sound levels by one time.