According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a robot. The robot includes a motor mounted on a frame; a driving member having a shaft portion mounted to the motor and an output portion configured to engage a downstream driving member; a seal ring coupled to the frame and having an inner annular portion; and a collar secured to the shaft portion and having an outside peripheral surface in contact with the inner annular portion of the seal ring. A robot having a more reliable seal for protecting the motor can be achieved.

An actuator particularly in order to be used in movements of joints of robot systems includes at least one drive element which provides movement and arranged as from the first side of at least one body towards the second side thereof, at least one gearbox which can arrange the movement, obtained from said drive element, at predetermined proportions, and at least one dampening element which can at least partially dampen the movement, which exists at said gearbox output, against the force being subjected to and which can transfer said movement to at least one drive cover.

A drive assembly of a surgical robotic system is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the drive assembly includes a first drive unit having a first drive unit face, a second drive unit having a second drive unit face, and a third drive unit having a third drive unit face. Each drive unit may include a plurality of motors configured to rotate a corresponding one of a plurality of drive elements about rotational axes perpendicular to the respective the respective drive unit face. the first drive unit, the second drive unit, and the third drive unit configured to be positioned about the drive assembly common axis with respect to a vertical plane passing through the drive assembly common axis such that an orientation and position of the first drive unit face mirrors those of second drive unit face, and the third drive unit face is bisected by the vertical plane.

A robotic system comprising a mobile chassis, a conveyor oriented substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the chassis, one or more robotic arms disposed adjacent to the conveyor, and one or more cameras positioned to view at least a portion of a top surface of the conveyor is disclosed. The system uses the mobile chassis, the conveyor, and the robotic arms to load items into a truck or other container, including by using image data generated by the one or more cameras to assess a state of items on the top surface of the conveyor; determine based at least in part on the image data that an additional item is to be added to the top surface of the conveyor; and operate a robotically controlled structure to cause an item to be added to the top surface of the conveyor.

A dress pack manager for use with a robotic arm having an end-of-arm tool supplied with power or working fluid via a dress pack. A pair of rollers are spaced apart such that the dress pack may pass between them, and such that rotation of the rollers applies friction to the dress pack and causes the dress pack to move. An electric motor rotates one of the rollers in both a forward and backward rotation and is torque-controlled to maintain a constant tension applied to the dress pack by the rollers.

An articulation for a robot, in particular a collaborative robot, includes as components a drive, a transducer for providing information relating to a rotational speed, commutation and/or position, and a plurality of heat exchanger tubes for removing heat from the components, with a first one of the heat exchanger tubes touching a first subset of the components, and with a second one of the heat exchanger tubes touching a second subset of the components.

A robot includes a robot control device, a serial communication line, a serial communication line, position detectors that communicate data with the robot control device, and an actuator that communicates data with the robot control device. Each of the position detectors is connected to either the serial communication line or the serial communication line pair to communicate with the robot control device in half duplex, and the actuator is connected to the serial communication line and to the serial communication line to communicate with the robot control device in full duplex.

A drive device includes a vibrator, and a rotor as a driven unit subjected to a drive force from the vibrator and relatively rotating or moving to the vibrator, wherein the rotor as the driven unit has a base portion and an elastic portion coupled to the base portion, and the base portion is located between the vibrator and the elastic portion.

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.

An actuator capable of realizing a high output with a compact size is proposed. An actuator provided with a motor including a cylindrical rotor, and a reducer including an input shaft coaxial with a rotational shaft of the motor and involved in the rotor. The reducer has a cylindrical shape, the reducer further includes an output shaft coaxial with the rotational shaft of the motor, the motor further includes a stator, and the actuator is further provided with a casing which supports the reducer and the stator.