An articulated robot includes: different types of joint units, each including a stationary body, a stationary body-side mechanical connector for connection to another unit, a displaceable body coupled to the stationary body by a coupler, a displaceable body-side mechanical connector for connection to another unit, and an actuator to displace the displaceable body relative to the stationary body; and a control unit including a controller to control the actuator and a control unit mechanical connector for connection to another unit, wherein displacement undergone by the displaceable body-side mechanical connector relative to the stationary body-side mechanical connector differs depending on the type of the joint unit, the stationary body-side mechanical connector includes a first connection structure, the displaceable body-side mechanical connector and the control unit mechanical connector each include a second connection structure, and the first and the second connection structure are connectable to each other.

A rotary shaft structure including: a first member; a second member that is supported so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the first member; an actuator that includes an output shaft member connected to the second member and that rotationally drives the second member about the rotation axis with respect to the first member; a sensor that detects a physical quantity acting between the output shaft member and the second member; and a first fixing member that is fixed to the output shaft member. A wire body is routed from the first member side to the second member side; the first fixing member extends toward the second member, with a prescribed gap between the first fixing member and the sensor; and the wire body routed from the first member side is fixed to the first fixing member on the second member side.

A robot system includes a robot configured to perform work on a workpiece positioned in a working region and a conveying device configured to convey the workpiece to the working region. The conveying device includes a turning part configured to rotate about a center axis, a guide supporting the turning part rotatably about the center axis and having a hollow in the guide extending along the center axis, a workpiece holder configured to hold the workpiece and provided at the turning part to move together with the turning part along a circular orbit around the center axis passing the working region, a first device provided at the turning part, and a linear object passing through the hollow in the guide and connecting the first device and a second device provided around the guide.

An arm module, modular robot arm or industrial robot has a housing with first and second connection sides. The first connection side has a first connection plate, a first fluid contact device and a first contact device. The second connection side is mechanically connected to the housing in a torque-proof manner, and has a second connection plate. The first fluid contact device and first contact device are arranged on the first connection plate, parallel to a mounting axis. The first connection side is connectable to another arm module. An external thread is arranged about the first mounting axis, on an outer circumferential side of the first connection plate. The second connection plate is circumferentially embraced by a fastening ring with an internal thread corresponding to the external thread. The fastening ring is connected to the housing in an axially fixed manner, rotatable about a second mounting axis.

A surgical instrument of the present disclosure includes: a conductive cable member formed into a cable-like shape; a conductive outer shell covering a circumference of the cable member; first and second insulating portions made of materials having higher insulation properties than the cable member and the outer shell; a projecting portion projecting from a projecting insulating portion, which is one of the first and second insulating portions, toward a recessed insulating portion, which is the other, the cable member being inserted into the projecting portion; a conductive leading end portion separated from the recessed insulating portion and the outer shell, the leading end portion being bendable using tension of the cable member with an end portion connected thereto; and a power supply cable in a cable-like shape arranged inside the first and second insulating portions for supplying an electric power from outside to the leading end portion.

A reconfigurable controller base for a robotic arm is provided. In one aspect, a robotic system includes a base supporting one or more articulating links, the base comprising: a main housing comprising an external structure that at least partly encloses an inner portion of the main housing, the external structure forming an opening at a back side and a bottom side of the main housing, a reconfigurable bracket configured to be removably attached to the external structure of the main housing in at least two configurations to cover the opening at the back and bottom sides of the main housing, and a controller mounted on the bracket and arranged within the inner portion of the main housing in each of the at least two configurations of the bracket, the controller configured to control actuation of the one or more articulating links.

A joint apparatus for a robot includes a housing, a bearing including an inner ring and an outer ring contacting the housing, a rotating member contacting the inner ring of the bearing, and a driving apparatus configured to rotate the rotating member, where the first housing includes a first support region configured to support a front surface of the outer ring and a first fastening region extending rearward from the first support region and on which a first thread is formed, the sounding housing includes a second support region configured to support a rear surface of the outer ring and a second fastening region extending forward from the second support region and on which a second thread is formed, and the second thread is configured to engage the first thread.

A robot arm (100a-100d) comprises an arm member (10) and at least two wires (20a-20d). The two wires (20a-20d) have a configuration wherein: each wire has a flat shape and the wires are disposed in parallel in a state of facing each other in a direction perpendicular to the flat shape face; a shield wire (S1) is provided around each wire; each wire has a helical shape; or the wires are twisted together.

An arm module has a housing with a first connection side and a second connection side. The first connection side is embodied to be controllably rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the second connection side. The first connection side has a rotatable first connection device and the second connection side has a second connection device fixed to the housing. A multifunctional rotation transfer system is provided for rotational transmission of data signals, electrical energy and fluid. A drive device is provided comprising a shaft assembly having an output shaft, which is connected to the rotatable first connection device of the first connection side in a torque-proof manner, wherein the shaft assembly forms a section of the multifunctional rotation transfer system.

An industrial robot comprises a modular robot arm having a plurality of arm modules, where a rotation transfer device for optical signal transmission is provided in an arm module or between a first and a second arm module. The rotation transfer device comprises an optomechanical rotation interface having a first interface side and a second interface side, which face each other and are substantially rotationally symmetrical and complementary. The first and second interface sides are configured to rotate relative to each other. The first and second interface sides are mechanically mounted with respect to each other, with a radial plain bearing on one interface side and a slide bearing shell complementary thereto on the other interface side. A gap is formed between the first and second interface sides, in the axial direction of the rotation transfer device, across which the optical signal transmission takes place.