CN213005387U - Hollow mechanical arm - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a well cavity arm, include a plurality of joint subassemblies that rotate in proper order and pass each the cable that the joint subassembly set up, adjacent two in the joint subassembly, one of them joint subassembly includes a joint casing, two steering wheel modules and one is used for controlling two the controller subassembly of steering wheel module, another the joint subassembly includes by one of them steering wheel module driven rotor arm casing, the steering wheel module has the axial and runs through the rotatory output shaft that its set up, and rotatory output shaft cavity sets up and makes it have the cavity hole that supplies the cable to pass. The utility model provides a cavity arm, cables such as power cord, communication line, data transmission line can pass the center to the end of arm of each steering wheel module in proper order from the head end of arm, and when each steering wheel module was rotatory, the distortion can not take place for the cable, and data transmission line also can set up the inside at the arm.

Description

Hollow mechanical arm

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the robot, more specifically say, relate to a cavity mechanical arm.

Background

The mechanical arm is an indispensable part in the robot, and the mechanical arm is formed by connecting several servo drive steering engines usually, connects through cables such as power cord, communication line between the servo drive steering engine, but the steering engine of mechanical arm is when rotating, and the easy wire winding of its inside cable leads to the life-span of cable to be shorter. Moreover, the video camera is arranged at the tail end of part of the current mechanical arm, in order to guarantee the transmission effect of video signals of the video camera, the video data transmission line needs to directly extend to the video data receiving end, the video data transmission line is usually arranged on the outer side of the mechanical arm in an exposed mode, a long section needs to be reserved to match with the movement of the mechanical arm, the wire cost is increased, the wire winding risk is increased, and the video data transmission line easily touches foreign objects.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of the utility model is to provide a well cavity arm to solve the inside cable of arm that exists among the prior art and wire winding easily and the exposed technical problem who sets up of video data transmission line.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the hollow mechanical arm comprises a plurality of joint components which are sequentially connected in a rotating mode and cables which penetrate through the joint components, wherein one joint component comprises a joint shell, two steering engine modules and a controller component which is used for controlling the two steering engine modules, and the other joint component comprises a rotating arm shell which is driven by one steering engine module, the steering engine modules are provided with rotating output shafts which axially penetrate through the steering engine modules, and the rotating output shafts are hollow and provided with hollow holes through which the cables penetrate.

In one embodiment, at least one end of the steering engine module is provided with a protective coil for protecting a cable.

In one embodiment, the joint housing is provided with a line pressing block for positioning the cable at the corner of the cable.

In one embodiment, the rotary output shaft comprises a rotating shaft body and a rotating disc which is formed by one end of the rotating shaft body in a radial extending mode and is used for being connected with the adjacent joint assembly.

In one embodiment, the cable includes a plurality of power communication lines and a data transmission line sequentially passing through each joint assembly, adjacent joint assemblies are electrically connected by the power communication lines, and two ends of the power communication line between the adjacent joint assemblies are respectively connected to the controller assemblies of the corresponding joint assemblies.

In one embodiment, one of the joint components is a first joint component and a second joint component, and the first joint component and the second joint component comprise a first joint shell and a second joint shell, a first steering engine module, a second steering engine module and a first joint controller component for controlling the first steering engine module and the second steering engine module; one section of the power communication line penetrates through a first hollow hole of the first steering engine module and is connected to the first and second joint controller components, one end of the other section of the power communication line is connected to the first and second joint controller components, and the other end of the other section of the power communication line penetrates through a second hollow hole of the second steering engine module and penetrates through the first and second joint shells; the data transmission line sequentially penetrates through the first hollow hole and the second hollow hole and penetrates out of the first shell and the second shell of the joint.

In one embodiment, the rotation axis of the first steering engine module and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module are arranged perpendicularly, and the joint two-controller component is arranged at the intersection of the rotation axis of the first steering engine module and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module.

In one embodiment, one of the joint components is a first turning arm component, the first turning arm component is driven to rotate by the second turning engine module, the first turning arm component includes a first turning arm shell and a cable adapter plate arranged in the first turning arm shell, a power communication line passing through the first and second joint shells enters the first turning arm shell and is connected to the cable adapter plate, the cable adapter plate is further connected with another power communication line used for extending and penetrating through the first turning arm shell, and the data transmission line penetrates through the first and second joint shells, enters from one end of the first turning arm shell and penetrates through the other end of the first turning arm shell.

In one embodiment, one of the joint components is a joint three-four component, the joint three-four component and the joint two-two component are respectively connected to two ends of the first rotating arm component, and the structure of the joint three-four component is the same as that of the joint two-two component.

In one embodiment, one of the joint components is a fifth joint component, the fifth joint component includes a fifth joint housing, a fifth steering engine module arranged in the fifth joint housing, and a fifth joint controller component for controlling the fifth steering engine module, the fifth joint controller component is arranged on a side surface of the fifth steering engine module, a normal direction of the fifth joint controller component is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the fifth steering engine module, one end of the power communication line is connected to the fifth joint controller component and extends out of the fifth joint housing along an outer side of the fifth steering engine module, and the data transmission line extends out of the fifth joint housing along an outer side of the fifth steering engine module.

In one embodiment, one of the joint components is a six-joint component, the six-joint component comprises a six-joint shell, a sixth steering engine module and a six-joint controller component, the sixth steering engine module is arranged in the six-joint shell, the six-joint controller component is used for controlling the sixth steering engine module, the rotation axis of the sixth steering engine module is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fifth steering engine module, and the six-joint controller component is arranged at one end, close to the five-joint component, of the sixth steering engine module.

In one embodiment, the six joint shells comprise a U-shaped shell and a six joint shell body connected to the U-shaped shell, two sides of the U-shaped shell are respectively arranged at two ends of the fifth steering engine module, so that the five joint shells partially extend into a U-shaped space of the U-shaped shell, and the sixth steering engine module is fixed in the six joint shell body.

In one embodiment, a sixth knuckle bearing is arranged on one side, facing the fifth steering engine module, of the U-shaped shell, one section of the power communication line penetrates through the center of the sixth knuckle bearing and penetrates into the U-shaped shell and extends along the inner wall of the U-shaped shell to be connected with the sixth knuckle controller component, one end of the other section of the power communication line is connected with the sixth knuckle controller component, and the other end of the other section of the power communication line penetrates through the sixth steering engine module; six joint controller wire-passing holes are formed in the six joint controller assembly, the data transmission line enters the U-shaped shell through the center of the six joint bearings, extends along the inner wall of the U-shaped shell to penetrate through the six joint controller wire-passing holes and then penetrates through the sixth steering engine module.

In one embodiment, the number of the joint components is six, and the joint components are respectively a joint two component, a first rotating arm component, a joint three-four component, a second rotating arm component, a joint five component and a joint six component which are connected in sequence.

In one embodiment, the first and second joint components comprise a first and second joint shell, a first steering engine module, a second steering engine module and a first and second joint controller component, wherein the first steering engine module and the second steering engine module are arranged in the first and second joint shell; the first rotating arm assembly comprises a first rotating arm shell and a cable adapter plate arranged in the first rotating arm shell; the three-four joint components comprise three-four joint shells, a third steering engine module and a fourth steering engine module which are arranged in the three-four joint shells, and three-four joint controller components for controlling the third steering engine module and the fourth steering engine module; the joint five component comprises a joint five shell, a fifth steering engine module arranged in the joint five shell and a joint five controller component for controlling the fifth steering engine module; the six joint shells comprise six joint shells, a sixth steering engine module and a six joint controller assembly, wherein the sixth steering engine module is arranged in the six joint shells;

the number of the power communication lines is six, and the power communication lines are respectively a first power communication line, a second power communication line, a third power communication line, a fourth power communication line, a fifth power communication line and a sixth power communication line;

one end of a first power communication line penetrates through the first steering engine module, the other end of the first power communication line is connected with the joint two-two controller assembly, one end of a second power communication line is connected with the joint two-two controller assembly, the other end of the second power communication line is connected with the cable adapter plate, one end of a third power communication line is connected with the cable adapter plate, the other end of the third power communication line is connected with the joint three-four controller assembly, one end of a fourth power communication line is connected with the joint three-four controller assembly, the other end of the fourth power communication line is connected with the joint five controller assembly, one end of a fifth power communication line is connected with the joint five controller assembly, the other end of the fifth power communication line is connected with;

and the data transmission line sequentially passes through the first steering engine module, the second steering engine module, the first rotating arm assembly, the third steering engine module, the fourth steering engine module, the six joint controller assembly and the sixth steering engine module.

The utility model provides a cavity arm's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses cavity arm includes a plurality of joint subassemblies that connect gradually, has at least a joint subassembly to include joint casing, steering wheel module and controller subassembly in two adjacent joint subassemblies, and steering wheel module is inside to have the rotatory output shaft of cavity setting, makes the cable pass from the inside rotatory output shaft of steering wheel module. Therefore, a complete wiring channel is formed inside the hollow mechanical arm, cables such as power lines, communication lines and data transmission lines can sequentially penetrate through the centers of the steering engine modules from the head end of the mechanical arm to the tail end of the mechanical arm, the cables cannot be twisted when the steering engine modules rotate, and the data transmission lines can also be arranged inside the mechanical arm.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings required for the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a joint-two component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a hollow mechanical arm according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a joint triplex-quadruple assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a five-joint component and a six-joint component provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a second rotating arm assembly and a fifth joint assembly provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a six-joint component according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

1-a base; 2-a joint-two component; 21-joint one-two shell; 22-a first steering engine module; 221-a motor; 222-a brake assembly; 223-an encoder component; 224-a harmonic speed reduction assembly; 225-a first rotary output shaft; 2250-a first hollow bore; 2251-a first shaft body; 2252-a first carousel; 226-steering engine wire through hole; 23-a second steering engine module; 235-a second rotary output shaft; 2350-a second hollow bore; 24-a joint-two controller assembly; 3-a first rotating arm-set; 31-a first rotating arm housing; 310-a first rotating arm routing hole; 32-a cable patch panel; 33-a stationary coil; 4-joint three-four components; 41-articular three-four shells; 42-a third steering engine module; 425-a third rotary output shaft; 4250-third hollow hole; 43-a fourth steering engine module; 435-a fourth rotary output shaft; 4350-fourth hollow bore; 44-joint three-four controller assembly; 5-a second rotating arm assembly; 6-five joint components; 61-five shells of joint; 62-a fifth steering engine module; 625-a fifth rotary output shaft; 6250-a fifth hollow bore; 6251-a fifth shaft body; 6252-a fifth carousel; 63-shutdown five controller assembly; 64-a wire blocking plate; 7-a joint six component; 71-six shells of joint; 711-a U-shaped housing; 712-a six-shell body of the joint; 713-knuckle six bearing; 714-line pressing block; 72-a sixth steering engine module; 725-sixth rotary output shaft; 7250-a sixth hollow bore; 73-a six joint controller assembly; 730-six joint controller wiring hole; 8-six-dimensional force component.

101-a first power communication line; 102-a second power communication line; 103-a third power communication line; 104-a fourth power communication line; 105-a fifth power communication line; 106-sixth power communication line; 200-a data transmission line; 300-protective coil.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problem, technical solution and advantageous effects to be solved by the present invention more clearly understood, the following description is given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments to illustrate the present invention in further detail. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Now the utility model provides a hollow mechanical arm explains.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment of the present invention, a hollow robot arm includes a plurality of joint assemblies connected in sequence and a cable passing through each joint assembly. Wherein, the cable may include a power line, a communication line, a data transmission line 200 for transmitting a video signal, and the like, the power line and the communication line being hereinafter referred to as a power communication line, and the data transmission line 200 may be used for transmitting a video signal, and may be selected as a USB3.0 transmission line. In two adjacent joint subassemblies, at least one joint subassembly includes joint casing, steering wheel module and controller subassembly, and steering wheel module and controller subassembly are all located in the joint casing, and the controller subassembly is used for controlling the steering wheel module. The controller subassembly includes at least one circuit board, and when the quantity of circuit board was a plurality of, the range upon range of setting of a plurality of circuit boards to through double-screw bolt fixed connection, through BTB connector electric connection between the adjacent circuit board. The steering wheel module has rotatory output shaft, and rotatory output shaft axial runs through the steering wheel module and sets up, and rotatory output shaft cavity sets up, and it has the cavity hole for steering wheel module cavity sets up, and the cable can pass this cavity hole, and the center that the steering wheel module can directly be passed to the cable promptly. When the steering engine module works, the rotary output shaft rotates to drive other joint modules to rotate, and the cable is arranged at the hollow hole in the rotary output shaft, so that the twisting state cannot occur along with the rotation of the rotary output shaft. Moreover, the rotary output shaft is hollow, so that a plurality of joint components can form a cable channel, cables such as the data transmission line 200 can directly penetrate through the joint components from the head end of the mechanical arm to the tail end of the mechanical arm in sequence, and the data transmission line 200 can be arranged in the mechanical arm.

The hollow mechanical arm in the embodiment comprises a plurality of joint components which are connected in sequence, at least one joint component in two adjacent joint components comprises a joint shell, a steering engine module and a controller component, and a hollow rotary output shaft is arranged in the steering engine module, so that a cable can penetrate through the rotary output shaft in the steering engine module. Therefore, a complete wiring channel is formed inside the hollow mechanical arm, cables such as a power line, a communication line and a data transmission line 200 can sequentially penetrate through the centers of the steering engine modules from the head end of the mechanical arm to the tail end of the mechanical arm, the cables cannot be twisted when the steering engine modules rotate, and the data transmission line 200 can also be arranged inside the mechanical arm.

Optionally, at least one end of the steering engine module is provided with a protective coil 300 for protecting the cable, so that the cable can be prevented from directly rubbing against the opening of the steering engine module, and the service life of the cable can be prolonged. The joint housing may further be provided with a cable-pressing block 714 at the turn of the cable, so that the cable is distributed according to a predetermined routing path.

Optionally, the rotary output shaft comprises a rotating shaft body and a rotary disc, the rotary disc is fixed at one end of the rotating shaft body and is coaxially arranged with the rotating shaft body, and the rotary disc is formed by radially extending one end of the rotating shaft body. The arrangement of the rotary disc enables other joint components to be fixedly connected with the rotary output shaft through the rotary disc. The protective coil 300 at one end of the steering engine module can be arranged in a hollow hole of the rotating shaft body and on one side of the rotating shaft body close to the rotating disc, the protective coil 300 at the other end of the steering engine module can also be arranged in the rotating shaft body and can also be arranged on a shell at one end of the steering engine module far away from the rotating disc, and the specific position of the protective coil 300 is not limited here.

In one embodiment, each joint component comprises a joint shell, a steering engine module and a controller component, wherein the steering engine module in one joint component is used for driving the next joint component to rotate.

In another embodiment, in two adjacent joint components, one of the joint components comprises a joint shell, two steering engine modules and a controller component, the two steering engine modules are respectively used for driving the joint component to rotate and the other joint component to rotate, the other joint component comprises a rotating arm shell, and the rotating arm shell is driven to rotate by the steering engine module adjacent to the rotating arm shell.

The power communication line has a plurality of stages, each of which is connected between the controller units of the adjacent joint units, and the number of the data transmission lines 200 is one for ensuring the transmission quality of the video signal, and the data transmission lines sequentially penetrate the joint units from the head end of the robot arm to the tail end of the robot arm.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 1, one of the joint components is a second joint component 2, the second joint component 2 includes a second joint housing 21, a first steering engine module 22, a second steering engine module 23 and a second joint controller component 24, the first steering engine module 22, the second steering engine module 23 and the second joint controller component 24 are all disposed in the second joint housing 21, the second joint controller component 24 can simultaneously control the first steering engine module 22 and the second steering engine module 23, the first steering engine module 22 is used for driving the second joint component 2 to rotate, the second steering engine module 23 is used for driving another joint component to rotate, and the first rotating arm component 3 described below is driven to rotate. First rotatory output shaft 225 has in the first steering wheel module 22, and first rotatory output shaft 225 has first hollow hole 2250, has second rotatory output shaft 235 in the second steering wheel module 23, and second rotatory output shaft 235 has second hollow hole 2350. Two pieces of power communication lines and data transmission lines 200 need to be passed through in the joint two assembly 2. The two power communication lines are a first power communication line 101 and a second power communication line 102, respectively, one end of the first power communication line 101 passes through the first hollow hole 2250 from the outside, the other end is connected to the joint secondary controller assembly 24, one end of the second power communication line 102 is connected to the joint secondary controller assembly 24, and the other end passes through the second hollow hole 2350 and extends out of the joint secondary housing 21. The data transmission line 200 passes from the outside through the first hollow hole 2250, through the second hollow hole 2350, and then out of the joint-two housing 21 to the next joint assembly.

Optionally, the rotation axis of the first steering engine module 22 and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module 23 are vertically arranged, and the joint secondary controller component 24 is arranged at the intersection of the rotation axis of the first steering engine module 22 and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module 23. Correspondingly, the first two-joint shell 21 is L-shaped, the first steering engine module 22 is arranged at one section of the first two-joint shell 21, the second steering engine module 23 is arranged at the other section of the first two-joint shell 21, and the first two-joint controller component 24 is arranged at the corner of the first two-joint shell 21 so as to avoid interference with the wiring of the data transmission line 200. Or, the rotation axis of the first steering engine module 22 and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module 23 are coaxially arranged, the joint secondary controller component 24 is arranged between the first steering engine module 22 and the second steering engine module 23, and a through hole for the data transmission line 200 to pass through can be formed in the joint secondary controller component 24.

Optionally, the first steering engine module 22 comprises a motor 221, a brake component 222 for braking, a harmonic speed reduction component 224 for reducing speed, an encoder 223 for recording angular displacement, and a first rotary output shaft 225. Motor 221, brake subassembly 222, harmonic speed reduction subassembly 224, the periphery of first rotatory output shaft 225 is all located to encoder 223, first rotatory output shaft 225 includes first pivot body 2251 and connects in first carousel 2252 of first pivot body 2251 one end, steering engine wire through hole 226 has been seted up to the one end of first steering engine module 22 dorsad first carousel 2252, steering engine wire through hole 226 and the center department of first carousel 2252 all are provided with protective coil 300 for the cable of protection through first hollow hole 2250. The structures of the second steering engine module 23 and the first steering engine module 22 can be selected to be the same, and are not described herein.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2, wherein one of the joint components is a first rotating arm component 3, and the first rotating arm component 3 can be connected to a second joint component 2 and driven by a second steering engine module 23 to rotate. The first swing arm assembly 3 includes a first swing arm housing 31 and a cable adapter plate 32 disposed inside the first swing arm housing 31, and the cable adapter plate 32 has a function of adapting a power communication line, so as to prevent a winding from easily occurring due to an excessively long length of one of the power communication lines. More specifically, a second power communication line 102, a third power communication line 103 and a data transmission line 200 are arranged in the first rotating arm assembly 3 in a penetrating manner, one end of the second power communication line 102 is connected to the joint secondary controller assembly 24, then passes through the second steering engine module 23 and enters the first rotating arm shell 31, the other end of the second power communication line is connected to the cable adapter plate 32, and one end of the third power communication line 103 is connected to the cable adapter plate 32, then passes through the first rotating arm shell 31 and extends out of the first rotating arm shell 31. The data transmission line 200 extends from the second steering engine module 23 to the first steering arm housing 31 and extends in the direction of the first steering arm housing 31 to extend out of the first steering arm housing 31.

Optionally, the first rotating arm housing 31 has first rotating arm wire holes 310 respectively opened at both ends thereof, the fixed coil 33 is fixed in the first rotating arm wire hole 301, and the cables passing through the fixed coil 33 are fixed by the fixed coil 33.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 3, wherein one of the joint components is a joint three-four component 4, and two ends of the first rotating arm component 3 can be respectively connected to the joint two-component 2 and the joint three-four component 4. The structure of the joint three-four component 4 can be selected to be the same as the structure of the joint two-component 2. Optionally, the joint three-four assembly 4 comprises a joint three-four shell 41, a third steering engine module 42, a fourth steering engine module 43 and a joint three-four controller assembly 44, the third steering engine module 42, the fourth steering engine module 43 and the joint three-four controller assembly 44 are all arranged in the joint three-four shell 41, the joint three-four controller assembly 44 can simultaneously control the third steering engine module 42 and the fourth steering engine module 43, the third steering engine module 42 is used for driving the joint three-four assembly 4 to rotate, and the fourth steering engine module 43 is used for driving another joint assembly to rotate. The third steering engine module 42 is internally provided with a third rotary output shaft 425, the third rotary output shaft 425 is provided with a third hollow hole 4250, the fourth steering engine module 43 is internally provided with a fourth rotary output shaft 435, and the fourth rotary output shaft 435 is provided with a fourth hollow hole 4350. Two pieces of power communication lines, a third power communication line 103 and a fourth power communication line 104, respectively, need to be passed through in the joint two assembly 2 and the data transmission line 200. One end of a third power communication line 103 may be connected to the cable adaptor plate 32, enter the joint triplex-quadruple housing 41 from the first swivel arm housing 31 and pass through the third hollow hole 4250, and the other end is connected to the joint triplex-quadruple controller assembly 44, and one end of a fourth power communication line 104 may be connected to the joint triplex-quadruple controller assembly 44, and the other end may pass through the fourth hollow hole 4350 and extend out of the joint triplex-quadruple housing 41. The data transmission line 200 passes from the first rotary arm-set 3 through the third hollow hole 4250, through the fourth hollow hole 4350, and then out of the joint tri-quad housing 41 to the next joint-set.

Optionally, the rotation axis of the third steering engine module 42 and the rotation axis of the fourth steering engine module 43 are vertically arranged, and the joint three-four controller assembly 44 is arranged at the intersection of the rotation axis of the third steering engine module 42 and the rotation axis of the fourth steering engine module 43. Correspondingly, the joint three-four shell 41 is L-shaped, the third steering engine module 42 is arranged at one section of the joint three-four shell 41, the fourth steering engine module 43 is arranged at the other section of the joint three-four shell 41, and the joint three-four controller assembly 44 is arranged at the corner of the joint three-four shell 41 so as not to interfere with the wiring of the data transmission line 200. The third steering engine module 42 and the fourth steering engine module 43 may be the same as the first steering engine module 22, and are not described herein.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 4 and 5, one of the joint components is a second rotating arm component 5, and the second rotating arm component 5 can be connected to the joint three or four components 4 and driven by a fourth steering engine module 43 to rotate.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 4 and 5, one of the joint components is a five joint component 6, and the five joint component 6 includes a five joint housing 61, a fifth steering engine module 62 and a five joint controller component 63. The five joint shells 61 can be fixedly connected with the second rotating arm component 5, the fifth steering engine module 62 and the five joint controller component 63 are arranged in the five joint shells 61, and the fifth steering engine module 62 is used for driving the next joint component to rotate. The five-joint controller assembly 63 is arranged on the side surface of the fifth steering engine module 62, a perpendicular line perpendicular to a circuit board in the five-joint controller assembly 63 is called a normal line of the five-joint controller assembly 63, and the normal line direction of the five-joint controller assembly 63 is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fifth steering engine module 62. The rotation axis of the fourth steering engine module 43 is also perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fifth steering engine module 62, so that the five joint components 6 are perpendicular to the rotation axis of the joint components driven by the fifth steering engine module 62 and are arranged orthogonally, and therefore the space occupied after the tail end of the mechanical arm is folded is smaller.

Optionally, one end of the fourth power communication line 104 is connected to the joint third-fourth controller assembly 44, the other end of the fourth power communication line is connected to the joint fifth controller assembly 63, a fifth power communication line 105 penetrates through the joint fifth assembly 6, one end of the fifth power communication line 105 is connected to the joint fifth controller assembly 63, and the other end of the fifth power communication line extends to the end of the fifth steering engine module 62 along the outer side of the fifth steering engine module 62 and penetrates through the joint fifth housing 61. The data transmission line 200 extends to the end of the fifth steering engine module 62 along the side surface of the fifth steering engine module 62 and penetrates out of the five joint housings 61.

Optionally, the structure of the fifth steering engine module 62 is the same as that of the first steering engine module 22, the fifth steering engine module 62 includes a fifth rotary output shaft 625, the fifth rotary output shaft 625 includes a fifth rotary shaft body 6251 and a fifth rotary disc 6252, the fifth rotary shaft body 6251 has a fifth hollow hole 6250, the fifth power communication line 105 and the data transmission line 200 penetrate out from the side of the fifth rotary disc 6252 far away from the fifth rotary output shaft 625, and the connection between the fifth rotary disc 6252 and the following joint six housing 71 is prevented from being affected.

Optionally, a wire blocking plate 64 is fixed on the five joint housings 61, the wire blocking plate 64 is fixed on one side far away from the fifth turntable 6252, a through hole for a cable to pass through is formed in the wire blocking plate 64, and a coil protection ring 300 is arranged in the through hole to prevent the cable from rubbing against the inner wall of the through hole.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 4 and 6, one of the joint components is a six joint component 7, the six joint component 7 includes a six joint housing 71, a sixth steering engine module 72 and a six joint controller component 73, the sixth steering engine module 72 and the six joint controller component 73 are both disposed in the six joint housing 71, the sixth steering engine module 72 can be used to drive the following gripper 9 to rotate, the rotation axis of the sixth steering engine module 72 is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fifth steering engine module 62, the six joint controller component 73 is disposed at one end of the sixth steering engine module 72 close to the five joint component 6, and the length of the fifth power communication line 105 can be shortened.

More specifically, the six joint housings 71 include a U-shaped housing 711 and a six joint housing body 712 that are fixedly connected, and two sides of the U-shaped housing 711 are respectively disposed at two ends of the fifth steering engine module 62, so that a part of the five joint housings 61 (a part where the fifth steering engine module 62 is disposed) extends into a U-shaped space of the U-shaped housing 711, and thus the connection between the five joint components 6 and the six joint components 7 is not abrupt, more humanized, and occupies a smaller space. The sixth steering engine module 72 is fixed in the six-shell joint body 712.

Wherein, the fifth rotating disc 6252 of the fifth rotating output shaft 625 is disposed facing one of the inner walls of the U-shaped housing 711, the other inner wall of the U-shaped housing 711 is disposed facing the position where the cable of the joint five assembly 6 passes out, and the joint six bearing 713 is disposed at the side, and the fifth power communication line 105 and the data transmission line 200 passing out of the joint five assembly 6 both pass through the center of the joint six bearing 713 and enter the U-shaped housing 711. The six-joint bearing 713 is arranged, so that when the six-joint assembly 7 rotates relative to the five-joint assembly 6, the inner ring of the six-joint bearing 713 and the cable in the six-joint bearing 713 cannot rotate along with the six-joint bearing, and the possibility of twisting and winding of the cable is reduced. More specifically, a fifth power communication line 105, a sixth power communication line 106 and a data transmission line 200 are provided through the joint six assembly 7, the fifth power communication line 105 entering the U-shaped housing 711 extends into the joint six housing body 712 along the inner wall of the U-shaped housing 711 and is connected to the joint six controller assembly 73, one end of the sixth power communication line 106 is connected to the joint six controller assembly 73, and the other end thereof passes through the sixth through hollow hole 7250 of the sixth rotary output shaft 725 and extends to the end of the robot arm. The six joint controller assemblies 73 are provided with six joint controller wiring holes 730, the six joint controller wiring holes 730 can be internally provided with data transmission lines 200 of protective coils 300, the data transmission lines enter the U-shaped shell 711, extend along the inner wall of the U-shaped shell 711 to penetrate through the six joint controller wiring holes 730 and then penetrate through the sixth hollow holes 7250.

Optionally, a wire clamp block 714 is provided inside the U-shaped housing 711, and the wire clamp block 714 may position the fifth power communication line 105 and the data transmission line 200. The cable crimping block 714 may be positioned at the turns of the cable to prevent the cable from moving toward the center and interfering with the internal structure of the U-shaped housing 711.

In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 1, the number of the joint components is six, and the six joint components are respectively a second joint component 2, a first rotating arm component 3, a third joint component 4, a fourth joint component 5, a fifth joint component 6 and a sixth joint component 7 which are connected in sequence. The joint two-component 2, the first rotating arm component 3, the joint three-four component 4, the second rotating arm component 5, the joint five component 6 and the joint six component 7 may be selected to be the same as the corresponding joint components in the above embodiments, and are not described again here. One end of a first power communication line 101 enters the joint two-component 2 from the outside, the other end of the first power communication line is connected to the joint two-component controller component 24, one end of a second power communication line 102 is connected to the joint two-component controller component 24, the other end of the second power communication line is connected to the cable adapter plate 32, one end of a third power communication line 103 is connected to the cable adapter plate 32, the other end of the third power communication line is connected to the joint three-component controller component 44, one end of a fourth power communication line 104 is connected to the joint three-component controller component 44, the other end of the fourth power communication line is connected to the joint five-component controller component 63, one end of a fifth power communication line 105 is connected to the joint five-component controller component 63, the other end of the fifth power communication line is connected. The data transmission line 200 enters the joint secondary assembly 2 from the outside, sequentially passes through the first steering engine module 22, the second steering engine module 23, the first rotating arm assembly 3, the third steering engine module 42, the fourth steering engine module 43, the joint six-controller assembly 73 and the sixth steering engine module 72, and extends to be connected with the camera. Thus, the power communication line is arranged inside the mechanical arm, so that when each joint component of the mechanical arm rotates, the winding phenomenon cannot occur, and the data transmission line 200 can be arranged inside the mechanical arm, and the winding phenomenon cannot occur.

Optionally, the robot arm further comprises a base 1 for supporting the joint two assembly 2, a six-dimensional force assembly 8 and a gripper. The six-dimensional force component 8 is connected to the six-dimensional joint component 7, the mechanical claw is connected to the six-dimensional force component 8, and the six-dimensional force component 8 can measure three force components and three moment components simultaneously.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, as any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (15)

1. The hollow mechanical arm is characterized by comprising a plurality of joint components which are sequentially connected in a rotating mode and cables which penetrate through the joint components, wherein the cables are arranged on the adjacent joint components, one joint component comprises a joint shell, two steering engine modules and a controller component which is used for controlling the two steering engine modules, the other joint component comprises a rotating arm shell which is driven by one steering engine module, the steering engine modules are provided with rotating output shafts which axially penetrate through the steering engine modules, and the rotating output shafts are arranged in a hollow mode and are provided with hollow holes through which the cables penetrate.

2. The hollow robotic arm of claim 1, wherein: and at least one end of the steering engine module is provided with a protective coil for protecting the cable.

3. The hollow robotic arm of claim 1, wherein: and the joint shell is provided with a wire pressing block used for positioning the cable at the turning part of the cable.

4. The hollow robotic arm of claim 1, wherein: the rotary output shaft comprises a rotating shaft body and a rotary disc, wherein one end of the rotating shaft body extends radially to form the rotary disc, and the rotary disc is used for being connected with the adjacent joint assembly.

5. The hollow robotic arm of claim 1, wherein: the cable comprises a plurality of sections of power communication lines and data transmission lines sequentially penetrating through the joint assemblies, the adjacent joint assemblies are electrically connected through the power communication lines, and two ends of each power communication line between the adjacent joint assemblies are respectively connected to the corresponding controller assemblies of the joint assemblies.

6. The hollow robotic arm of claim 5, wherein: one joint component is a first joint component and a second joint component, and the first joint component and the second joint component comprise a first joint shell, a first steering engine module, a second steering engine module and a first joint controller component, wherein the first steering engine module and the second steering engine module are arranged in the first joint shell and the second joint shell; one section of the power communication line penetrates through a first hollow hole of the first steering engine module and is connected to the first and second joint controller components, one end of the other section of the power communication line is connected to the first and second joint controller components, and the other end of the other section of the power communication line penetrates through a second hollow hole of the second steering engine module and penetrates through the first and second joint shells; the data transmission line sequentially penetrates through the first hollow hole and the second hollow hole and penetrates out of the first shell and the second shell of the joint.

7. The hollow robotic arm of claim 6, wherein: the rotation axis of the first steering engine module and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module are perpendicularly arranged, and the joint two-controller component is arranged at the intersection of the rotation axis of the first steering engine module and the rotation axis of the second steering engine module.

8. The hollow robotic arm of claim 6, wherein: one of the joint components is a first rotating arm component, the first rotating arm component is driven to rotate by the second steering engine module, the first rotating arm component comprises a first rotating arm shell and a cable adapter plate arranged in the first rotating arm shell, a power supply communication line penetrating through the two joint shells enters the first rotating arm shell and is connected with the cable adapter plate, the cable adapter plate is further connected with another power supply communication line used for extending and penetrating out of the first rotating arm shell, and a data transmission line penetrates out of the two joint shells, enters from one end of the first rotating arm shell and penetrates out of the other end of the first rotating arm shell.

9. The hollow robotic arm of claim 8, wherein: one of the joint components is a joint three-four component, the joint three-four component and the joint two-two component are respectively connected to two ends of the first rotating arm component, and the structure of the joint three-four component is the same as that of the joint two-two component.

10. The hollow robotic arm of claim 5, wherein: one of them the joint subassembly is five subassemblies in the joint, five subassemblies in the joint include five casings in the joint, locate fifth steering wheel module in five casings in the joint and be used for controlling the five controller subassemblies in the joint of fifth steering wheel module, five controller subassemblies in the joint locate the side of fifth steering wheel module, the normal direction of five controller subassemblies in the joint with the axis of rotation mutually perpendicular of fifth steering wheel module, one of them section the one end of power communication line connect in five controller subassemblies in the joint and along the outside of fifth steering wheel module extends to wearing out five casings in the joint, data transmission line follows the outside of fifth steering wheel module extends to wearing out five casings in the joint.

11. The hollow robotic arm of claim 10, wherein: one of the joint components is a six-joint component, the six-joint component comprises a six-joint shell, a sixth steering engine module and a six-joint controller component, the sixth steering engine module is arranged in the six-joint shell, the six-joint controller component is used for controlling the sixth steering engine module, the rotation axis of the sixth steering engine module is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the fifth steering engine module, and the six-joint controller component is arranged at one end, close to the five-joint component, of the sixth steering engine module.

12. The hollow robotic arm of claim 11, wherein: the six joint shells comprise a U-shaped shell and a six joint shell body connected to the U-shaped shell, two sides of the U-shaped shell are respectively arranged at two ends of the fifth steering engine module, so that the five joint shells partially extend into the U-shaped space of the U-shaped shell, and the sixth steering engine module is fixed in the six joint shell body.

13. The hollow robotic arm of claim 12, wherein: a sixth joint bearing is arranged on one side, facing the fifth steering engine module, of the U-shaped shell, one section of the power communication line penetrates through the center of the sixth joint bearing to penetrate into the U-shaped shell and extends along the inner wall of the U-shaped shell to be connected with the sixth joint controller component, one end of the other section of the power communication line is connected with the sixth joint controller component, and the other end of the other section of the power communication line penetrates through the sixth steering engine module; six joint controller wire-passing holes are formed in the six joint controller assembly, the data transmission line enters the U-shaped shell through the center of the six joint bearings, extends along the inner wall of the U-shaped shell to penetrate through the six joint controller wire-passing holes and then penetrates through the sixth steering engine module.

14. The hollow robotic arm of claim 5, wherein: the number of the joint components is six, and the joint components are respectively a joint two-component, a first rotating arm component, a joint three-four component, a second rotating arm component, a joint five component and a joint six component which are connected in sequence.

15. The hollow robotic arm of claim 14, wherein: the first joint and second joint assembly comprises a first joint and second joint shell, a first steering engine module, a second steering engine module and a first joint and second joint controller assembly, wherein the first steering engine module and the second steering engine module are arranged in the first joint and second joint shell; the first rotating arm assembly comprises a first rotating arm shell and a cable adapter plate arranged in the first rotating arm shell; the three-four joint components comprise three-four joint shells, a third steering engine module and a fourth steering engine module which are arranged in the three-four joint shells, and three-four joint controller components for controlling the third steering engine module and the fourth steering engine module; the joint five component comprises a joint five shell, a fifth steering engine module arranged in the joint five shell and a joint five controller component for controlling the fifth steering engine module; the six joint shells comprise six joint shells, a sixth steering engine module and a six joint controller assembly, wherein the sixth steering engine module is arranged in the six joint shells;

the number of the power communication lines is six, and the power communication lines are respectively a first power communication line, a second power communication line, a third power communication line, a fourth power communication line, a fifth power communication line and a sixth power communication line;

one end of a first power communication line penetrates through the first steering engine module, the other end of the first power communication line is connected with the joint two-two controller assembly, one end of a second power communication line is connected with the joint two-two controller assembly, the other end of the second power communication line is connected with the cable adapter plate, one end of a third power communication line is connected with the cable adapter plate, the other end of the third power communication line is connected with the joint three-four controller assembly, one end of a fourth power communication line is connected with the joint three-four controller assembly, the other end of the fourth power communication line is connected with the joint five controller assembly, one end of a fifth power communication line is connected with the joint five controller assembly, the other end of the fifth power communication line is connected with;

and the data transmission line sequentially passes through the first steering engine module, the second steering engine module, the first rotating arm assembly, the third steering engine module, the fourth steering engine module, the six joint controller assembly and the sixth steering engine module.

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