Method for producing a cushion with a casing made of an airtight casing material and a flexible, polydirectionally air-permeable filling body which is arranged in the casing and which is materially connected to the casing. The method includes at least the following steps: coating a first mold cavity of a molding tool with a curable, flowable and/or sprayable plastic material to form a first casing shell, coating a second mold cavity of the molding tool with the curable, flowable and/or sprayable plastic material to form a second casing shell, inserting a pre-produced filling body into the first casing shell located in the first mold cavity, and joining together of the first and second casing shells located in the first mold cavity and in the second mold cavity before the plastic material cures or fully reacts.

An apparatus for preventing a cover from being drawn into a joint of a paint robot includes a circular ring member mounted to the paint robot proximate the joint. The circular ring member may include first and second blocking members. The paint robot includes first and second portions rotatable relative to one another about an axis of the joint. The circular ring member circumferentially surrounds the first portion of the paint robot such that the axis of the joint passes through the circular ring member.

A housing of a joint of a collaborative robot, where at least part of the material of the housing is configured to include a plurality of lattice structure units. Since the at least part of the material of the housing is configured to include the plurality of lattice structure units, the weight of the joint may be reduced with respect to a completely solid housing. Further disclosed is the joint of the collaborative robot.

The present disclosure relates generally to protective covers, for example, suitable for protecting parts of a robot. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a protective wrap for a robot component. The protective wrap includes a continuous strip of a material sheet configured to wrap around the robot component in a plurality of loops so as to form a tubular body that surrounds a portion of the robot component.

A robot system, including: a robot; a base supporting the robot; a controller connected to the robot; a processor connected to the controller; a depth camera connected to the processor; a flange plate; a coupling shaft including a first end and a second end; a mounting base including an elongated hole, a first side wall, and a second side wall; a sprayer including a mounting shaft; a first positioning bolt; a limit arm includes a first end and a second end; an axis pin; a limit shaft; a second positioning bolt; a gas cylinder; a piston rod; a connector; a shifter level; a trigger. The robot is connected to the first end of the coupling shaft via the flange plate. The second end of the coupling shaft is connected to the mounting base. The mounting shaft of the sprayer is disposed in the elongated hole of the mounting base.

A robot includes a joint and a drive mechanism disposed in the joint. A reducer includes an output shaft and a fixed portion. A first seal seals a gap between the output shaft and the fixed portion. A first cover is fixed to the fixed portion and covers an outer surface of the fixed portion. An intermediate portion is fixed to an output-side portion of the output shaft. A second cover is fixed to an output-side portion of the intermediate portion and covers an outer surface and an output-side edge of the first cover. A second seal seals a gap between the first cover and the intermediate portion. A groove extends approximately over a circumference of the outer surface of the first cover.

An actuator, a robot arm and a robot are disclosed. The actuator includes: a housing; a motor, including a motor stator and a motor rotor, wherein the motor stator is disposed on the housing, the motor rotor is rotatably connected to the housing, and the motor rotor covers the motor stator; a position encoder, disposed on the motor rotor; a motor driver, disposed on the housing, and electrically connected to the motor; a reducer, disposed on the housing, and parallelly disposed with the motor; and a transmission mechanism, connected to the motor rotor and the reducer respectively; wherein the reducer is configured to adjust a rotation speed output from the motor rotor.

An arrangement for automated painting of an object includes a paint robot, a cover and a cover blocking member. The paint robot defines an axis joint about which a first portion rotates relative to a second portion. The cover covers at least a portion of the paint robot. The cover blocking member is in the form of a strip brush including a plurality of bristles. The strip brush is carried by the paint robot and is positioned between the paint robot and the cover.

Exemplary embodiments relate to improvements in robotic systems to reduce biological or chemical harborage points on the systems. For example, in exemplary embodiments, robotic actuators, hubs, or entire robotic systems may be configured to allow crevices along joints or near fasteners to be reduced or eliminated, hard corners to be replaced with rounded edges, certain components or harborage points to be eliminated, shapes to be reconfigured to be smoother or flat, and/or or surfaces to be reconfigurable for simpler cleaning.

The present application discloses a protection apparatus, The protection apparatus is connected to an end effector which includes a casting, a fixed part fixed to the casting, a rotational part rotatable relative to the fixed part, and a sealing part provided in a circumference of the rotational part. The protection apparatus comprises a cover, an annular elastically deformable sealing member and a fixing member; the sealing member is partly accommodated between the cover and the rotational part; the cover is attached to the fixed part, the cover being adapted to cover the exterior of the fixed part by the fixing member, so as to prevent the fixed part from being exposed to an exterior; and the cover and the sealing member are configured to jointly cover the sealing part to prevent the sealing part from being exposed to an exterior. The present invention also provides an end effector and a robot.