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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a robot hand which can realize proper gripping motion for gripping an object mounted on a plane to pick up the object. SOLUTION: The robot hand comprises a finger body that performs flexing motion for gripping an object. A flexible thin sheet-shaped nail part is mounted at a front end of the finger body. The nail part is mounted on the belly part side of the front end of the finger body. According to the above constitution, when the finger body grips the object by flexing motion, the finger body can be inserted by the nail part into between the bottom of the object and a plane to perform the gripping motion. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an autonomous mobile robot and a control method of the autonomous mobile robot capable of coping with an obstacle hardly recognized by a visual sensor. SOLUTION: When the obstacle hardly recognized by the visual sensor collides against a bumper 3 forming the outline of a moving body 2, external force input to the bumper 3 is measured by a load cell 5. Based on the measured result of the load cell 5, the position of the obstacle 4 is specified, and whether the obstacle 4 can be excluded by the driving force of the moving body 2 is determined. When it is determined that the obstacle 4 can be excluded by the driving force of the moving body 2, the obstacle 4 is excluded by the driving force of the moving body 2 to continue traveling. When it is determined that the obstacle 4 cannot be excluded by the driving force of the moving body 2, the obstacle 4 whose position is specified is by-passed. Consequently, even when the obstacle 4 hardly recognized by the visual sensor exists on a travel path, it can be treated with. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reciprocating compressor in which a sufficient discharge pressure can be obtained even in the case of small cylinder diameter. SOLUTION: Two chambers, i.e. a suction chamber 18A and a discharge chamber 18B are defined by a piston 4 to which a piston rod 3 is coupled within a cylinder 2. The suction chamber 18A communicates with the atmosphere via a suction valve 19. The discharge chamber 18B is connected to an air tank 10 via a discharge valve 21. The suction chamber 18A and the discharge chamber 18B are connected to each other by a pipeline 22, and a first and a second check valves 23, 24 are provided to the pipeline 22. The piston 4 is reciprocated by a motor 6, and an atmospheric air having been introduced into the suction chamber 18A via the suction valve 19 is supplied to the discharge chamber 18B via the first and the second check valves, and further compressed air is supplied from the discharge chamber 18B to an air tank 10 via the discharge valve 21. A high discharge pressure can be obtained by the multistage compression of the compressed air by means of the suction chamber 18A and the discharge chamber 18B. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology to realize walking with a target stride in a robot walking in natural motion by passively moving an ankle joint of a supporting leg made free to rotate. SOLUTION: This robot has more than two leg links having the ankle joints and connected to a trunk part free to oscillate by hip joints, freely oscillates the ankle joint of the grounding leg link, regulates the remaining joints in accordance with an angle of the ankle joint and changes the ankle joints made free to oscillate every time in exchanging the grounding leg. The robot advances by swinging out the idle leg in accordance with a cycle of stepping motion in the body side direction. The robot walks with the target stride by regulating inclination of the trunk part in accordance with the joint angle of the joint made free to oscillate and the cycle of the stepping motion. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To displace a cam shaft to a position which implements opening and closing characteristics irrespective of the axial directional component of a valve reaction force incident to compression of a valve spring. SOLUTION: The variable valve system is provided with a cam shaft 17 having three-dimensional cam 18 in which a cam profile is changed to an axial direction and an actuator 20 making the cam shaft 17 displace to an axial direction according to the operation state of an internal combustion engine. While the valve 12 is pressed and opened by the three-dimensional cam 18 in association with rotation of the cam shaft 17 against a valve spring 14 energizing a valve 12 to the opening direction, opening and closing characteristics are changed by displacement of the cam shaft 17. In the variable valve system, a torque of a DC motor 21 is increased according to the size of the axial directional component F of a valve reaction force so as to increase output of the actuator 20.
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PURPOSE: To provide the manufacturing method of a stator for which the coil of stator can be formed by winding from the outer side. CONSTITUTION: A conductor 16 is wound from the outside of a winding jig and fixed with an adhesive or the like and formed to a completed body 20 of a coil having a completed shape of stator. The winding jig is taken out, and stator segments 22 are assembled from the outside of the completed body 20 of the coil formed. The segment 22 has a base 22a and a projection 22b serving as a magnetic pole and is arranged in a circular shape around the completed body 20 of the coil. The whole is fixed with an adhesive so that the stator is completed.
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PURPOSE:To provide an inexpensive vane pump by which a driving force loss by delivery can be reduced and which is excellent in controllability. CONSTITUTION:Respective vane grooves 16a arranged in a rotor, a passage 15a communicated with respective vane back chambers R2 formed of respective vanes 17 installed on this and a passage 15b communicated with respective pump chambers formed on the rotor rotating direction side of the respective vanes 17, are arranged respectively and separately in a shaft 15 to rotate integrally the rotor 16 by being integrally fitted to a central part of the rotor 16 eccentrically arranged in a cam ring 12, and a spool valve 21 to communicate/cut off both passages 15a and 15b with/from each other by an intermediate part, is installed movably in the shaft direction in an axis part of the shaft 15. This is constituted so as to be moved in the shaft direction by an actuator 24.
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PURPOSE:To improve the finished accuracy of a cutting surface and enable the relative reciprocating motion of a cutting tool on the basis of measuring the actual diameter of a workpiece cutting surface. CONSTITUTION:An electric actuator 78 is operated to cause the relative reciprocating motion of a honing head and a workpiece in an axial direction for the honing of the workpiece. And the diameter of a workpiece cutting surface is measured with a measurement device and the value of the measurement is fed to a control device 160. Then, the control device 160 sets at least one of the relative motion range and speed of a cutting tool for the cutting surface in an axial direction on the basis of the measurement value. The electric actuator 78 is controlled with the control device 160, depending upon the set value. Or, when the axial relative motion range of the cutting tool needs a correction, the operation range of the electric actuator 78 is controlled. When the motion speed thereof needs a correction, the operation speed of the electric actuator 78 is controlled.
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PURPOSE:To aim at preventing generation of heat due to hone loading, deformation in a workpiece and surface roughness failure from occurring, by altering the extent of expansion force in a way of controlling an expansion motor according to a state of turning torque of a spindle motor. CONSTITUTION:When high-pressure expansive cutting is carried out by rotation of the preset expansion motor 9, turning torque of a spindle motor 19 is within the range of preset high-pressure expansive cutting torque. When a cutting state gets out of order due to hone loading or the like and torque exceeds the range, the expansion motor 9 is reversely rotated by a control circuit inclusive of a torque meter 18 and a microcomputer 20 whereby spindle feed is suspended as long as the specified time. Next, rotational frequency of the expansion motor 9 is altered to the lower value than the last time, expansion is resumed, and the high-pressure expansion cutting is over, shifting to medium expansion cutting. in this connection, medium pressure and low pressure expansive cutting operations also are controlled likewise. Therefore, in either case when it exceeds the preset torque range or when it goes gown from it, the torque is detected during operation and compensation for expansion force is carried out.