Robot end effector cuff
    52.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10780575B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-22

    申请号:US15979647

    申请日:2018-05-15

    申请人: PHD, Inc.

    摘要: A robotic system including a robot and an end effector cuff connected to the robot. The end effector cuff has a body and includes at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid port fluidly connected to the at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid valve fluidly connected to the at least one fluid port and housed within the body of the end effector cuff, and an electronic control unit operably coupled to the robot and housed within the body of the end effector cuff. The robotic system also includes an end effector connected to the end effector cuff.

    Method of making a portable programmable machine

    公开(公告)号:US10773829B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US16238138

    申请日:2019-01-02

    发明人: Chris J. Erickson

    摘要: A portable programmable machine enhances efficiency and ergonomics associated with conducting otherwise manual operations within confined spaces. A main body supports a programmable telescoping arm configured to extend through an access port to reach a confined space. The arm includes an articulating wrist for holding and manipulating tools for autonomously processing work parts. The machine can also act semi-autonomously to accommodate interventions of an operator for overriding and fine-tuning interaction of a tool with a work part for proper processing of the part. The arm communicates with a computer in the main body for processing numerical data, and the operator may use a reference camera to fine tune any particular process. The machine incorporates multiple processing functions, for example collar swaging, nut running, cleaning, and/or application of sealants, all through an aircraft wing access port. The main body has lockable wheels for securing the main body near the access port.

    ARTICULATION MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20200261166A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-20

    申请号:US16276803

    申请日:2019-02-15

    申请人: COVIDIEN LP

    发明人: KURT J. ANGLESE

    摘要: An articulation assembly for a surgical instrument, surgical instrument including the same, and robotic surgical system including a surgical robot and the surgical instrument including the articulation assembly. The articulation assembly includes proximal gear assemblies arranged in diagonally-opposed pairs and distal gear assemblies coupled to the respective proximal gear assemblies and likewise arranged in diagonally-opposed pairs. Each distal gear assembly defines an opposite configuration as its diagonally-opposed distal gear assembly. First and second coupling gears couple the diagonally-opposed pairs of proximal gear assemblies such that an input to one of the proximal gear assemblies of a diagonally-opposed pair provides opposite outputs of the corresponding distal gear assemblies.

    CONSTRAINT MECHANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    56.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200246983A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16776753

    申请日:2020-01-30

    IPC分类号: B25J18/00 F16H19/00

    摘要: A tool includes a transmission mechanism, a shaft rotatable relative to the transmission mechanism, and a stop mechanism associated with the shaft, the stop mechanism being transitionable between a first state and a second state. In the first state, the shaft is free to rotate in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction. In the second state, the shaft is constrained from rotating in one of the first direction or the second direction by a defined first endpoint of a range of rotational motion of the shaft. Devices and methods relate to rotation stop mechanisms.

    COMPACT SPHERICAL 3-DOF MECHANISM CONSTRUCTED WITH SCISSOR LINKAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20200238542A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16756779

    申请日:2018-10-17

    摘要: A curved scissor linkage mechanism (1) includes at least four linkage elements (2) each having a first end (3) and a second end (4). The linkage elements are arranged to form sides of one or more rhombi or parallelograms. Each linkage element is rotationally connected to another linkage elements via a revolute joint (5) at the first end and is rotationally connected to another one of the other linkage elements via another revolute joint at the second end. The linkage elements are configured so that the axes of each joint coincide at one common remote centre of motion. The mechanism is connectable to a first external member (7) at a proximal end and is rotationally connectable to a second external member (9) at an opposite distal end to obtain three DOFs. The scissor linkage mechanism may further include a motion controlling mechanism.

    VALVE OPERATING DEVICE HAVING A MOVABLE ARM FOR USE IN EXERCISING VALVES

    公开(公告)号:US20200230827A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-23

    申请号:US16743652

    申请日:2020-01-15

    摘要: A valve operating device includes first and second pivots, a first arm portion extending therebetween, a second arm portion extending from the second pivot, a valve operating machine on the second arm portion, and an actuator connected between the first pivot and the first arm portion. The first arm portion can rotate around a first vertical axis defined by the first pivot and can pivot around a horizontal axis defined by the first pivot. The second arm portion can rotate around a second vertical axis defined by the second pivot. The actuator causes the first and second arm portions, the second pivot, and the valve operating machine to pivot upward and downward relative to the first pivot around the horizontal axis.