A system may involve transmitting data via a light-based data link. The aim of the invention is to establish a data connection which is as simple and efficient as possible. In order to achieve this, the system comprises various components which deflect the light containing the data and distribute it in a targeted manner. The invention also relates to various fields of application for the system, such as mechanical joints and robot joints, rail systems and luminaires.

A robot includes a robot arm having a first joint part and a second joint part located closer to a distal end side than the first joint part, an optical fiber the performs optical communications within the first joint part, and a first optical space transmission section that performs optical space transmission within the second joint part. The robot arm has a plurality of joint parts, and the second joint part is the joint part located on the most distal end side of the plurality of joint parts.

A robot has an optical signal transmitter that transmits an optical signal, the optical signal transmitter includes a light source, a supporting board that supports the light source, and a light guide part that transmits light emitted from the light source, and the supporting board includes a board main body, a penetration portion connected to the light source, penetrating in a thickness direction of the board main body, and formed using a metal material, and a heat dissipation portion connected to the penetration portion and formed using a metal material, wherein the penetration portion is placed between the light source and the heat dissipation portion, and the light source is placed between the light guide part and the supporting board.

Systems and methods for perception-based tactile sensing in a robot are provided. The robot may include an external portion and an illuminator that outputs illumination. The robot may further include a receiving sensor that receives illumination. The robot may also include a pair of conduits, located at an external portion, that include an injecting conduit that traverses one or more housings of the robot. The injecting conduit may be configured to receive the illumination from the illuminator and output the illumination to illuminate an object external to the robot. The pair of conduits may also include a receiving conduit, traversing one or more housings of the robot, configured to receive the illumination from the object external to the robot and output the illumination to the receiving sensor.

The disclosure provides an apparatus, system and method for providing an end effector. The end effector may be capable of accommodating semiconductor wafers of varying sizes, and may include: a wafer support; a bearing arm capable of interfacing with at least one robotic element, and at least partially bearing the wafer support at one end thereof; a plurality of support pads on the wafer support for physically interfacing with a one of the semiconductor wafers; and a low friction moving clamp driven bi-directionally along a plane at least partially provided by the bearing arm, wherein the low friction moving clamp retractably applies force to a proximal edge of the semiconductor wafer.

An OSS guiding and monitoring system employs an interventional device (40) including an integration of a OSS sensor (20) and one or more interventional tools (30), the OSS sensor (20) for generating shape sensing data informative of a shape of the OSS sensor (20) as the interventional device (40) is navigated within an anatomical region. The OSS guiding and monitoring system further employs an OSS guiding controller (90) for controlling a reconstruction of a shape of the interventional device (40) within the anatomical region responsive to a generation of the shape sensing data by the OSS sensor (20), and an OSS monitoring controller (100) for controlling a monitoring of a degree of folding and/or a degree of twisting of the interventional device (40) within the anatomical region.

A vacuum clamp inspection system comprises a rigid structure; a sensor system mounted relative to the rigid structure; a calibration fixture mounted on the table; and a vacuum clamp configured to provide at least one of a location and a pose of a component relative to the calibration fixture.

An optical connection device includes a light source section configured to emit light, a light guide section configured to guide the light emitted from the light source section and including an emitting section configured to emit the guided light to the outside, and a light receiving section configured to receive the light emitted from the emitting section. At least one of the light source section and the light receiving section turns around a turning axis. Therefore, a transmission distance of the light from the light source section to the light receiving section changes.

A gripper comprising an actuator and two fingers mounted parallel at a distance from each other on the actuator for movement perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the fingers, the fingers having a longitudinal body attached at one end to the actuator. The fingers having two longitudinal claws at the end opposite to the end attached to the actuator, the claws being spaced apart so that there is an elongated gap between the claws. At least one of the fingers having a groove for accommodating an optical fiber which extends partially into the elongated gap.

A robot has an optical signal transmitter that transmits an optical signal, the optical signal transmitter includes a light source, a supporting board that supports the light source, and a light guide part that transmits light emitted from the light source, and the supporting board includes a board main body, a penetration portion connected to the light source, penetrating in a thickness direction of the board main body, and formed using a metal material, and a heat dissipation portion connected to the penetration portion and formed using a metal material, wherein the penetration portion is placed between the light source and the heat dissipation portion, and the light source is placed between the light guide part and the supporting board.