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- the present invention relates to an industrial robot and more particularly to a vertical articulated robot for spot welding.
- FIG. 4 is a side view showing a conventional spot welding robot.
- 51 denotes a 6-axis vertical articulated robot
- 52 denotes a spot welding gun attached to the tip of the vertical articulated robot 51
- 53 denotes a cable for supplying a welding current to the spot welding gun.
- the vertical articulated robot 51 includes a fixing portion 54 , a turning portion 55 supported pivotally on the fixing portion 54 and turned around a vertical axis, a lower arm 56 supported pivotally on the turning portion 55 and rocked in a longitudinal direction, an upper arm 57 supported pivotally on the lower arm 56 and rocked in a vertical direction, and a wrist portion 58 attached to the tip of the upper arm 57 .
- the wrist portion 58 has the degree of freedom of a rotation around three axes which are orthogonal to each other and has the spot welding gun 52 fixed to a tip thereof
- the cable 53 is wired from a welding timer, which is not shown, to the fixing portion 54 and is clamped onto the fixing portion 54 where said cable is wound around the vertical axis (in a counterclockwise direction seen from above) at the level of the fixing portion 54 and rises up to the level of the turning portion 55 . Furthermore, the cable 53 is wound around the vertical axis (in a clockwise direction seen from above) at the level of the turning portion 55 and is clamped onto the turning portion 55 . Furthermore, the cable 53 rises upward along the lower arm 56 , and is hung on a cable stand 59 fixed onto the upper arm 57 and is extended to the spot welding gun 52 .
- the cable 53 is lifted dynamically above the upper arm 57 with providing certain looseness. Therefore, there is a problem in that the cable 53 interferes with a peripheral apparatus or the like. Moreover, there is a problem in that the cable 53 is rubbed with the peripheral apparatus or the like and is thus worn out. Furthermore, there is also a problem in that the operation of the wrist portion 58 is limited if the looseness of the cable is decreased to avoid the interference with the peripheral apparatus or the like.
- the invention provides an industrial robot in which an end effector is attached to a tip of a wrist portion provided on a tip of an arm, and a cable or the like for supplying a power, a signal or a material to the end effector is provided from the arm to the end effector, wherein the end effector is fixed to the wrist portion through an intermediate member, and the intermediate member is formed in a shape of a crankshaft in which a first flange attached directly to the wrist, a second flange provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange and attached directly to the end effector, and two members provided in a position placed apart from centers of the first and second flanges and serving to couple the first and second flanges are arranged symmetrically.
- the wrist portion includes a wrist base rotated axially in a longitudinal direction of the arm and a fixing member attached to the wrist base and rotated integrally with the wrist base, clamps the cable or the like onto the arm and winds the cable or the like upon the arm axially in the longitudinal direction of the arm, further bends the cable or the like to be U-shaped and changes a direction thereof, winds the cable or the like upon the arm in a reverse direction and clamps the cable or the like onto the fixing member, and further extends the cable or the like to the end effector.
- the cable or the like is divided into two portions and the two portions are coupled through a connector attached to the fixing member.
- a portion of the cable or the like which is wound upon the arm is covered with a cylindrical member.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an upper arm of an industrial robot according to an embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the upper arm of an industrial robot shown in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an intermediate member seen in an AA′ line of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is a side view showing a spot welding robot according to the conventional art.
- FIG. 5 shows the cable being made of two portions with a connector.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the upper arm of an industrial robot according to the embodiment of the invention and FIG. 2 is a side view showing the same, a part of which is shown in a section for convenience of explanation.
- 1 denotes the upper arm of a so-called 6-axis vertical articulated robot.
- the tip of the upper arm 1 includes a wrist portion having a wrist base portion 2 to be rotated around a first wrist axis 21 in the longitudinal direction of the upper arm 1 , a wrist rocking member 3 to be rocked around a second wrist axis 22 which is orthogonal to the first wrist axis, and a wrist flange 4 to be rotated around a third wrist axis 23 which is orthogonal to the second wrist axis 22 .
- the intermediate member 6 is constituted by a first flange 6 a fixed directly to the wrist flange 4 , a second flange 6 b provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange 6 a and serving to directly fix the spot welding gun 5 , and connecting members 6 c and 6 d for coupling the first flange 6 a to the second flange 6 b .
- the connecting members 6 c and 6 d are provided in parallel with each other symmetrically with respect to the third wrist axis 23 in the side view ( FIG. 2 ), and furthermore, they are offset to either side with respect to the third wrist axis 23 in the plan view ( FIG. 1 ). Because of such a structure, the intermediate member 6 takes the shape of a crank in the plan view ( FIG. 1 ).
- 7 denotes a welding cable which is a wiring and piping bundle for supplying a welding current, a power for gun driving, cooling water, an operation signal or the like to the spot welding gun 5 .
- 8 denotes a first fixing member fixed to the wrist base 2 and rotated around the first wrist axis 21 integrally with the wrist base 2
- 9 denotes a second fixing member fixed to the wrist rocking member 3 .
- the welding cable 7 is extended to the upper arm 1 from a welding timer which is not shown through the fixing portion, the turning portion and the lower arm of the robot, is fixed onto the upper surface of the upper arm 1 through a clamp 10 , is wound clockwise (as seen from the wrist side) around the upper arm 2 taking a cylindrical shape and reaches the lower surface of the upper arm 1 .
- the welding cable 7 is bent like a U shape at the lower surface of the upper arm 1 , is then wound in a reverse direction, that is, a counterclockwise direction around the upper arm 1 , reaches the upper surface of the upper arm 1 again, is fixed to the first fixing member 8 through clamps 11 and 12 , passes through the side of the wrist rocking member 3 and is fixed to the second fixing member 9 through a clamp 13 .
- a reverse direction that is, a counterclockwise direction around the upper arm 1
- the welding cable 7 is bent like a U shape at the lower surface of the upper arm 1 , is then wound in a reverse direction, that is, a counterclockwise direction around the upper arm 1 , reaches the upper surface of the upper arm 1 again, is fixed to the first fixing member 8 through clamps 11 and 12 , passes through the side of the wrist rocking member 3 and is fixed to the second fixing member 9 through a clamp 13 .
- the first fixing member 8 and the second fixing member 9 are attached in such a manner that the clamp 12 , the center of the second wrist axis 22 and the clamp 13 are arranged on a straight line. Furthermore, the welding cable 7 reaches the spot welding gun 5 through a portion between the connecting members 6 c and 6 d of the intermediate member 6 and is fixed to the spot welding gun 5 through a clamp 14 .
- the guide member 15 denotes a guide member.
- the guide member 15 is a cylindrical member in concentric with the upper arm 1 (a section thereof is shown in the drawing), and serves to cover a portion of the welding cable 7 which is wound upon the upper arm 1 (a portion from the clamp 10 to the clamp 11 ), thereby holding the welding cable 7 in a doughnut-shaped space between the upper arm 1 and the guide member 15 .
- the welding cable 7 is guided by the guide member 15 and follows the motion of the wrist base 2 by a moving bend on a circumference around the upper arm 1 (an operation in which one of the portions is wound upon the upper arm 1 so as to be long and the other portion is wound to be short with a U-shaped bent portion set to be a boundary).
- the welding cable 7 follows the motion of the wrist rocking member 3 by a bend between the clamp 12 and the clamp 13 . At this time, since the welding cable 7 is bent in almost the same plane, there is a small danger that it might come in contact with a peripheral apparatus or the like or might be caught thereon.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the intermediate member 6 seen in an AA′ line of FIG. 1 .
- the welding cable 7 fixed to the wrist rocking member 3 (not shown) through the clamp 13 passes through the center of the third wrist axis 23 from below the intermediate member 6 , and furthermore, passes through a portion between the connecting members 6 c and 6 d to come upward out of the intermediate member 6 and is fixed to the spot welding gun 5 (not shown) through the clamp 14 . Since the welding cable 7 is thus provided, the welding cable 7 is bent in the intermediate member 6 to follow the rotation of the wrist flange 4 around the third wrist axis 23 when the wrist flange 4 is rotated around the third wrist axis 23 .
- the connecting members 6 c and 6 d are provided with an offset from the third wrist axis 23 and the intermediate member 6 is caused to take the shape of a crankshaft in order to avoid the interference of the connecting members 6 c and 6 d with the welding cable 7 and to maintain the operating range of the wrist flange 4 around the third wrist axis 23 .
- the second fixing member 9 does not need to be provided.
- the welding cable 7 is not fixed to the wrist rocking member 3 depending on the axial structure of the wrist portion (for example, a center distance) or the rigidity of the welding cable 7 , the followability of the welding cable for the operation of the wrist portion can be more excellent.
- the welding cable 7 may be fixed at the upper portion of the intermediate member 6 (which is indicated as the designation F in FIG. 3 ).
- the spot welding gun 5 can be repaired and exchanged conveniently.
- the end effector may be a spray gun for painting, a nozzle for sealing, an abrading tool, a mechanical hand or the like
- a cable or the like may be a hose for painting, a sealant supply hose, an air hose for driving a pneumatic tool, a power line for driving a power tool or the like.
- the cable for the end effector or the like is provided along the upper arm and the wrist. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the interference of the cable or the like with the peripheral apparatus or the like, and furthermore, it is possible to obtain such an advantage as to prevent the damage of the cable or the like from being caused by the interference.
- the invention is useful as an industrial robot and more particularly as a vertical articulated robot for spot welding.
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Abstract
There is provided an industrial robot having no interference of a cable for an end effector or the like with a peripheral apparatus.
An end effector 5 is fixed to a wrist flange 4 through an intermediate member 6. The intermediate member 6 takes the shape of a crankshaft in which a first flange 6a attached directly to the wrist flange 4, a second flange 6b provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange 6a and attached directly to the end effector 5, and two members 6c and 6d for coupling the first and second flanges 6a and 6b are arranged symmetrically.
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- This application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 from U.S. Ser. No. 10/493,694, filed Apr. 27, 2004, and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-331263, filed Oct. 29, 2001, the entire contents of each which are incorporated herein by reference.
- The present invention relates to an industrial robot and more particularly to a vertical articulated robot for spot welding.
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FIG. 4 is a side view showing a conventional spot welding robot. InFIG. 4, 51 denotes a 6-axis vertical articulated robot, 52 denotes a spot welding gun attached to the tip of the vertical articulatedrobot - The vertical articulated
robot 51 includes afixing portion 54, aturning portion 55 supported pivotally on thefixing portion 54 and turned around a vertical axis, alower arm 56 supported pivotally on theturning portion 55 and rocked in a longitudinal direction, anupper arm 57 supported pivotally on thelower arm 56 and rocked in a vertical direction, and awrist portion 58 attached to the tip of theupper arm 57. Thewrist portion 58 has the degree of freedom of a rotation around three axes which are orthogonal to each other and has thespot welding gun 52 fixed to a tip thereof - The
cable 53 is wired from a welding timer, which is not shown, to thefixing portion 54 and is clamped onto thefixing portion 54 where said cable is wound around the vertical axis (in a counterclockwise direction seen from above) at the level of thefixing portion 54 and rises up to the level of theturning portion 55. Furthermore, thecable 53 is wound around the vertical axis (in a clockwise direction seen from above) at the level of the turningportion 55 and is clamped onto theturning portion 55. Furthermore, thecable 53 rises upward along thelower arm 56, and is hung on acable stand 59 fixed onto theupper arm 57 and is extended to thespot welding gun 52. - In the conventional spot welding robot, however, the
cable 53 is lifted dynamically above theupper arm 57 with providing certain looseness. Therefore, there is a problem in that thecable 53 interferes with a peripheral apparatus or the like. Moreover, there is a problem in that thecable 53 is rubbed with the peripheral apparatus or the like and is thus worn out. Furthermore, there is also a problem in that the operation of thewrist portion 58 is limited if the looseness of the cable is decreased to avoid the interference with the peripheral apparatus or the like. - Although the
cable 53 provided to have the looseness above theupper arm 57 is rocked according to the operation of the robot where said rocking motion is difficult to be predicted with accuracy. Therefore, another problem is that the interference of the cable with the peripheral apparatus cannot be checked in the simulation such as by offline teaching. - Therefore, it is an object of the invention to provide an industrial robot having no interference of a cable for an end effector or the like with a peripheral apparatus.
- In order to solve the problems, the invention provides an industrial robot in which an end effector is attached to a tip of a wrist portion provided on a tip of an arm, and a cable or the like for supplying a power, a signal or a material to the end effector is provided from the arm to the end effector, wherein the end effector is fixed to the wrist portion through an intermediate member, and the intermediate member is formed in a shape of a crankshaft in which a first flange attached directly to the wrist, a second flange provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange and attached directly to the end effector, and two members provided in a position placed apart from centers of the first and second flanges and serving to couple the first and second flanges are arranged symmetrically. Moreover, the wrist portion includes a wrist base rotated axially in a longitudinal direction of the arm and a fixing member attached to the wrist base and rotated integrally with the wrist base, clamps the cable or the like onto the arm and winds the cable or the like upon the arm axially in the longitudinal direction of the arm, further bends the cable or the like to be U-shaped and changes a direction thereof, winds the cable or the like upon the arm in a reverse direction and clamps the cable or the like onto the fixing member, and further extends the cable or the like to the end effector. Furthermore, the cable or the like is divided into two portions and the two portions are coupled through a connector attached to the fixing member. In addition, a portion of the cable or the like which is wound upon the arm is covered with a cylindrical member.
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FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an upper arm of an industrial robot according to an embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a side view of the upper arm of an industrial robot shown inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an intermediate member seen in an AA′ line ofFIG. 1 ; and -
FIG. 4 is a side view showing a spot welding robot according to the conventional art. -
FIG. 5 shows the cable being made of two portions with a connector. - In embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the upper arm of an industrial robot according to the embodiment of the invention andFIG. 2 is a side view showing the same, a part of which is shown in a section for convenience of explanation. - In the drawing, 1 denotes the upper arm of a so-called 6-axis vertical articulated robot. The tip of the upper arm 1 includes a wrist portion having a
wrist base portion 2 to be rotated around afirst wrist axis 21 in the longitudinal direction of the upper arm 1, awrist rocking member 3 to be rocked around asecond wrist axis 22 which is orthogonal to the first wrist axis, and awrist flange 4 to be rotated around athird wrist axis 23 which is orthogonal to thesecond wrist axis 22. - 5 denotes a spot welding gun which is an end effector fixed to the
wrist flange 4 through anintermediate member 6. Theintermediate member 6 is constituted by afirst flange 6 a fixed directly to thewrist flange 4, asecond flange 6 b provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with thefirst flange 6 a and serving to directly fix thespot welding gun 5, and connectingmembers first flange 6 a to thesecond flange 6 b. The connectingmembers third wrist axis 23 in the side view (FIG. 2 ), and furthermore, they are offset to either side with respect to thethird wrist axis 23 in the plan view (FIG. 1 ). Because of such a structure, theintermediate member 6 takes the shape of a crank in the plan view (FIG. 1 ). - 7 denotes a welding cable which is a wiring and piping bundle for supplying a welding current, a power for gun driving, cooling water, an operation signal or the like to the
spot welding gun 5. 8 denotes a first fixing member fixed to thewrist base 2 and rotated around thefirst wrist axis 21 integrally with thewrist base wrist rocking member 3. - In the same manner as in the example according to the conventional art, the
welding cable 7 is extended to the upper arm 1 from a welding timer which is not shown through the fixing portion, the turning portion and the lower arm of the robot, is fixed onto the upper surface of the upper arm 1 through aclamp 10, is wound clockwise (as seen from the wrist side) around theupper arm 2 taking a cylindrical shape and reaches the lower surface of the upper arm 1. Thewelding cable 7 is bent like a U shape at the lower surface of the upper arm 1, is then wound in a reverse direction, that is, a counterclockwise direction around the upper arm 1, reaches the upper surface of the upper arm 1 again, is fixed to thefirst fixing member 8 throughclamps wrist rocking member 3 and is fixed to thesecond fixing member 9 through aclamp 13. When taking a posture shown inFIGS. 1 and 2 , that is, such a posture that thefirst wrist axis 21 and thethird wrist axis 23 are coaxial with each other, thefirst fixing member 8 and thesecond fixing member 9 are attached in such a manner that theclamp 12, the center of thesecond wrist axis 22 and theclamp 13 are arranged on a straight line. Furthermore, thewelding cable 7 reaches thespot welding gun 5 through a portion between the connectingmembers intermediate member 6 and is fixed to thespot welding gun 5 through aclamp 14. - 15 denotes a guide member. The
guide member 15 is a cylindrical member in concentric with the upper arm 1 (a section thereof is shown in the drawing), and serves to cover a portion of thewelding cable 7 which is wound upon the upper arm 1 (a portion from theclamp 10 to the clamp 11), thereby holding thewelding cable 7 in a doughnut-shaped space between the upper arm 1 and theguide member 15. - When the
wrist base 2 is rotated around thefirst wrist axis 21, thewelding cable 7 is guided by theguide member 15 and follows the motion of thewrist base 2 by a moving bend on a circumference around the upper arm 1 (an operation in which one of the portions is wound upon the upper arm 1 so as to be long and the other portion is wound to be short with a U-shaped bent portion set to be a boundary). - When the
wrist rocking member 3 is rocked around thesecond wrist axis 22, thewelding cable 7 follows the motion of thewrist rocking member 3 by a bend between theclamp 12 and theclamp 13. At this time, since thewelding cable 7 is bent in almost the same plane, there is a small danger that it might come in contact with a peripheral apparatus or the like or might be caught thereon. -
FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing theintermediate member 6 seen in an AA′ line ofFIG. 1 . As shown inFIG. 3 , thewelding cable 7 fixed to the wrist rocking member 3 (not shown) through theclamp 13 passes through the center of thethird wrist axis 23 from below theintermediate member 6, and furthermore, passes through a portion between the connectingmembers intermediate member 6 and is fixed to the spot welding gun 5 (not shown) through theclamp 14. Since thewelding cable 7 is thus provided, thewelding cable 7 is bent in theintermediate member 6 to follow the rotation of thewrist flange 4 around thethird wrist axis 23 when thewrist flange 4 is rotated around thethird wrist axis 23. - The connecting
members third wrist axis 23 and theintermediate member 6 is caused to take the shape of a crankshaft in order to avoid the interference of the connectingmembers welding cable 7 and to maintain the operating range of thewrist flange 4 around thethird wrist axis 23. - Moreover, the
second fixing member 9 does not need to be provided. In some cases in which thewelding cable 7 is not fixed to thewrist rocking member 3 depending on the axial structure of the wrist portion (for example, a center distance) or the rigidity of thewelding cable 7, the followability of the welding cable for the operation of the wrist portion can be more excellent. - In place of the
clamp 14, moreover, thewelding cable 7 may be fixed at the upper portion of the intermediate member 6 (which is indicated as the designation F inFIG. 3 ). - If the
welding cable 7 is cut between theclamp 11 and theclamp 12 and is thus divided into twoportions 7 a and 7 b to be connected through aconnector 70, and the connector is fixed to thefirst fixing member 8, furthermore, thespot welding gun 5 can be repaired and exchanged conveniently. - While the spot welding robot has been taken in the description of the embodiment, the invention is not restricted to the spot welding robot but can be applied to many uses such as painting, sealing, abrasion and handling. In other words, the end effector may be a spray gun for painting, a nozzle for sealing, an abrading tool, a mechanical hand or the like, and a cable or the like may be a hose for painting, a sealant supply hose, an air hose for driving a pneumatic tool, a power line for driving a power tool or the like.
- As described above, according to the invention, the cable for the end effector or the like is provided along the upper arm and the wrist. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the interference of the cable or the like with the peripheral apparatus or the like, and furthermore, it is possible to obtain such an advantage as to prevent the damage of the cable or the like from being caused by the interference.
- Moreover, the motion of the cable or the like with respect to the upper arm is restricted to a constant space. In a simulation such as offline teaching, therefore, it is also possible to obtain such an advantage that the interference of the cable or the like with the peripheral apparatus or the like can easily be checked.
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- The invention is useful as an industrial robot and more particularly as a vertical articulated robot for spot welding.
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1. An industrial robot comprising:
an arm;
a wrist portion provided on a tip of the arm;
an intermediate member;
an end effector attached to a tip of the wrist portion through the intermediate member;
a cable provided from the arm to the end effector for supplying a power, a signal or a material to the end effector; and
a cylindrical member,
wherein the wrist portion comprises:
a wrist base which rotates around a longitudinal axis of the arm; and
a fixing member which rotates integrally with the wrist base and is attached to the wrist base,
wherein the cable is clamped onto the arm, wound upon the arm around the longitudinal axis of the arm, bent in a U shape so as to change a direction thereof, wound upon the arm in a reverse direction, and clamped onto the fixing member, and the cylindrical member covers the arm and a portion of the cable that is
wound on the arm.
2. An industrial robot comprising:
an arm;
a wrist portion provided on a tip of the arm;
an intermediate member;
an end effector attached to a tip of the wrist portion through the intermediate member; and
a cable provided from the arm to the end effector for supplying a power, a signal or a material to the end effector,
wherein the wrist portion comprises:
a wrist base which rotates around a longitudinal axis of the arm; and
a fixing member which rotates integrally with the wrist base and is attached to the wrist base,
wherein the cable is clamped onto the arm, wound upon the arm around the longitudinal axis of the arm, bent in a U shape so as to change a direction thereof, wound upon the arm in a reverse direction, clamped onto the fixing member, and extended to the end effector, and the cable is constituted by two portions and the two portions are coupled at the fixing member.
3. The industrial robot according to claim 1 , wherein the cable is clamped onto the arm on one side of the arm, and is wound upon the arm around the longitudinal axis of the arm and toward the other side of the arm,
4. The industrial robot according to claim 2 , wherein the cable is clamped onto the arm on one side of the arm, and is wound upon the arm around the longitudinal axis of the arm and toward the other side of the arm.
5. The industrial robot according to claim 2 , wherein the two portions are separate members.
6. The industrial robot according to claim 4 , wherein the two portions are separate members.
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