A lab automation robot is provided including a stationary base, a swiveling tower rotatably mounted to the stationary base about a first vertical axis, an arm vertically translatably mounted to the tower, an articulating forearm coupled to the arm at an elbow joint and pivotal relative thereto about a second vertical axis, and a wrist assembly including a multi-axis gripper operatively coupled to the forearm at a wrist joint and rotatable relative thereto about a third vertical axis. The gripper is further rotatable relative to at least the forearm about a first horizontal axis and about a second horizontal axis.

The present invention provides a work piece processing system for operating on a work piece or at least one component of a work piece. The processing system includes a base system for transporting the at least one work piece component, at least one processing head for operating on the work piece component, and means for controlling, the means for controlling the processing system. In a first embodiment, the processing system further includes a support structure, the support structure including at least one frame member having a track. Here, the at least one processing head travels along the track. In a second embodiment, the processing system further includes a multi-linkage robotic arm, the robotic arm including a plurality of rotary joints and a plurality of arm segments interconnecting the rotary joints. Here, the at least one processing head is operably mounted to a free end of one of the plurality of arm segments.

A robot arm includes a second coupling rod fixedly coupled to a second intermediate base at an end of the second coupling rod located closer to the second intermediate base and coupled to a tip base via a second joint at an end of the second coupling rod located closer to the tip base so as to enable the second coupling rod to turn with respect to the tip base, and the first intermediate base and the second intermediate base are coupled together via an intermediate joint so as to be able to turn. The robot arm also includes a turning actuator that turns the second intermediate base with respect to the first intermediate base.

A robot hand and a robot having the robot hand, the robot hand having a mechanism configured to appropriately carry out surface matching between an electrical magnet and an adsorbed surface of a workpiece, corresponding to the posture of the adsorbed surface. The robot hand has: a hand base; a holder attached to the hand base; a spherical bearing arranged in the holder so that a rotational center of the spherical bearing is positioned on a hand center axis; a connecting member attached to the holder via the spherical bearing, the connecting member having a protruding portion which protrudes from the holder in a direction opposed to the hand base; a holder base fixed to an attachment surface opposed to an adsorbing surface of the electrical magnet; and a posture restoring member for restoring the posture of the holder base so that the holder base represents a neutral posture.

A surgical tool having a compact design is disclosed. The tool has a first set of prongs disposed along a first axis, a second set of prongs disposed along a second axis different from the first, and an asymmetric gear set. The gear set includes a rotatable first drive gear disposed on one of the first set of prongs and a rotatable first actuator gear disposed on one of the second set of prongs. The first drive gear is configured to drive the first actuator gear, forming a first gear pair. The gear set also includes a rotatable second drive gear disposed on one of the first set of prongs and a rotatable second actuator gear disposed on one of the second set of prongs. The second drive gear is configured to drive the second actuator gear, forming a second gear pair. The first gear pair and the second gear pair have different diameters.

A joint device (1), which has a second joint body (3), which second joint body is pivotably mounted in a ball socket (9) of a first joint body (12) by means of a joint ball (8). The joint ball (8) is a hollow ball and has, on its inner peripheral surface (23), output teeth (33), with which, in the ball interior (25), the input gears (55, 56) of two drive units (4, 5) rotatably mounted on the first joint body (2) are in tooth engagement. By selective rotation of one or both drive units (4, 5), the second joint body (3) can be driven to perform a working pivoting movement (6) relative to the first joint body (2).

There is provided an apparatus for transporting a substrate. The apparatus comprises: an end effector including a fork which holds the substrate and a wrist part which holds a proximal end portion of the fork; an arm provided with the end effector installed thereon and a mechanism which moves the fork; and an inclination adjusting mechanism provided between the fork and the wrist part or between the wrist part and the arm to adjust an inclination of the fork.

The invention relates to a modular exoskeleton structure that provides force assistance to a user, comprising a base module (1) comprising a lumbar belt (11) capable of surrounding the lower trunk of the user, two hip modules capable of being attached to two respective thighs of the user, and a backpack support module (14) for an exoskeleton structure, comprising: a hoop (141) designed to be anchored to the hip modules, at the hips of a user, a support rod (142) designed to extend along the back of the user and capable of being engaged in a pouch of a backpack to suspend the backpack to the backpack support module (14), wherein the rod (142) comprises a first rod element (1421) connected to the hoop (141), a second rod element (1422) capable of sliding with respect to the first rod element (1421) so as to vary a length of the rod (142), and a damper for cushioning the movement of the second rod element (1421) with respect to the first rod element (1422) caused by the walking of the user.

A labeling device includes: a robot having articulated arms with arm sections that are articulated: together, to a robot base, and to a platform of a label pickup device. The pickup device has a base plate and a plunger. The plunger has a fixed portion mounted to the base plate and is not displaceable relative to the base plate in a longitudinal direction, has a portion that is movable in the fixed portion in the longitudinal direction toward the base plate to a retracted position, and has an end configured to pick up a label. A pressure regulator of the plunger breaks a negative pressure in the plunger. The plunger's fixed portion covers an opening of its movable portion in a gas-tight manner by of the when the movable portion in an extended position and which is not covered when in the retracted position.

A joint structure for a robot includes a first link and a second link rotatably coupled to each other through a joint part and a first linear-motion actuator and a second linear-motion actuator coupling the first link to the second link at a part separated from the joint part. The first linear-motion actuator and the second linear-motion actuator are each connected with the first link and the second link so as to be rotatable about two axes perpendicular to each other. When the second link is in an upright state, a first shaft member and second shaft members are disposed so that an angle formed by axial centers thereof becomes a right angle and the axial centers are oriented in a horizontal direction.