A table bar and a system for dispensing a beverage by using a robotic arm are disclosed. The table bar adapted to accommodate a robot for dispensing one or more beverages includes a table portion for mounting the robot thereon, a raised bar portion designed for placing beverage-related accessories, and a plurality of wheels disposed on the bottom of the table portion. The system includes the table bar and the robot mounted on the table portion of the table bar, which includes at least one robotic arm for dispensing a beverage, the robotic arm has at least three degrees of motion includes one or more hardware processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more hardware processors, wherein the memory comprises a plurality of modules in the form of programmable instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors.

Provided is an industrial robot that includes: a second arm that is provided, at the distal end of a first arm pivotable about a first axis, in a pivotable manner about a second axis parallel to the first axis; and a wrist that is disposed at the distal end of the second arm and that has a plurality of wrist elements, and including the first wrist element provided in a rotatable manner about a longitudinal axis of the second arm. Motors and that drive the wrist elements, are accommodated in a space inside the first wrist element. The second arm is provided with a hollow portion that communicates with the space. A cable to be wired to the motors is wired into the hollow portion from the outside of the second arm and is relayed by a connector fixed to the wall section at the position of the through-hole.

An apparatus for cutting involves a support configured to stably support the apparatus on a surface, an articulated boom rotatably mounted on the support proximate a first end of the boom, and a hydraulically operated end effector mounted on the boom proximate a second end of the boom. The end effector has a cutter configured to cut an object, and preferably also has an immobilizer (e.g. a gripper) configured to immobilize the object while being cut by the cutter. The end effector has a swivel between the cutter (and/or immobilizer) and the boom, the swivel rotatable continuously through 360 to rotate the cutter (and/or immobilizer) continuously through 360. The swivel has an internal fluid conduit through which hydraulic fluid may be transported from a hydraulic fluid reservoir to the cutter to hydraulically operate the cutter.

A robot includes a first arm rotatable around a first axis and a second arm having an extending direction. The first arm includes a first base and a first extending portion. The first base includes a first through hole passing through the first arm along the first axis. The first extending portion extends from the first base along the first axis. The second arm includes a second base and a second extending portion. The second base includes a connection portion connected to the first extending portion such that the second arm is rotatable around a second axis that is substantially orthogonal to the first axis. The second base includes a second through hole passing through the second arm along the extending direction. The second extending portion is provided opposite to the connection portion in the extending direction and extends from the second base along the extending direction,

A joint attachment system for a reconfigurable truss includes a first joint attachment having a first pivot axis and a second joint attachment having a second pivot axis. The first joint attachment and second joint attachment form a concentric spherical joint linkage when attached to a first body member and a second body member, respectively. The first pivot axis of the first joint attachment intersects the second pivot axis of the second joint attachment at a single point X which defines a center of the concentric spherical joint linkage. The concentric spherical joint linkage is configured to allow the addition of one or more joint attachments and body members to the truss node. In addition, the concentric spherical joint linkage is configured to allow the removal of one or more joint attachments and body members from the truss node.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described herein for a robotic manipulator that includes a base, a first segment, a first joint operatively coupling the base and the first segment, a second segment, and a second joint operatively coupling the first segment and the second segment. The first joint is configured to rotate the first segment about at least two axes of rotation with respect to the base. The second joint is configured to rotate the second segment about at least one axis of rotation with respect to the first segment.

A robotic elbow has a first actuator having a rotary output and a first interface for coupling the elbow to a first robotic arm segment. A flexion frame rotatably mounts to the first actuator. A first link is coupled at one end to the output of the first actuator and at another end to the flexion frame. A second link is coupled at one end to the output of the first actuator and at another end to the flexion frame. The first link and the second link are coupled to the rotary output in a selected rotary phase displacement. A second actuator is mounted in the flexion frame, the second actuator has an output and a second interface for coupling the robotic elbow to a second robotic arm segment.

A robotic surgical system includes a robotic arm comprising a first segment having a first plurality of links and a first plurality of actuated joint modules providing the robotic arm with at least five degrees of freedom, and a second segment having a proximal end coupled to a distal end of the first segment, and comprising a second plurality of links and a second plurality of actuated joint modules providing the robotic arm with at least two degrees or freedom. The robotic surgical system further comprises an instrument driver coupled to the second segment and configured to hold a surgical instrument. The second arm segment is configured to move the surgical instrument within a generally spherical workspace, and the first arm segment is configured to move the location of the spherical workspace.

The invention relates to a robot arm and a robot wrist. The robot arm comprises a number N of actuator-drivable joint connections GV.sub.n, which are connected in series via arm links GL.sub.i, where n=1, 2, . . . , N, and i=1, 2, . . . , N1, and N6, wherein the proximal arm link GL.sub.1 of the robot arm can be connected to a robot body via the joint connection GV.sub.1, the distal arm link GL.sub.N-1 of the robot arm can be connected to an effector E via the joint connection GV.sub.N, the arm links GL.sub.N-1 and GL.sub.N-2 are connected via the joint connection GV.sub.N-1 and the arm links GL.sub.N-2 and GL.sub.N-3 are connected via the joint connection GV.sub.N-2, and each of the joint connections GV.sub.N, GV.sub.N-1, GV.sub.N-2 enables a movement about an axis of rotation R.sub.GV,N, R.sub.GV,N-1, R.sub.GV,N-2 assigned to the same. The robot arm is configured in such a way that the axes of rotation R.sub.GV,N-2 and R.sub.GV,N-1 intersect at an angle in the range from 50 to 130 or the axes of rotation R.sub.GV,N-2 and R.sub.GV,N-1 have a minimum spacing A1 from each other in the range from 1 mm to 20 mm, the axis of rotation R.sub.GV,N is arranged radially at a constant distance D1 from the axis of rotation R.sub.GV,N-1, and a sensor is present in the joint connection GV.sub.N-1 to detect a force or a torque about the axis of rotation R.sub.GV,N-1.

A robot includes a robot controller that is designed and configured to execute a robot program, and a robot arm having at least three joints connected by links and a number of drives corresponding to the at least three joints. Each drive is designed to adjust one of the at least three joints allocated to the drive. The joints can be actuated in an automated manner in accordance with the robot program or in a manual drive mode by the robot controller to automatically adjust the associated joint, wherein at least one of the links includes a force measuring device designed to measure a force on the link in a predetermined direction.