SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the embodiment of the utility model is to provide a connecting rod drive mechanism and robot to solve the robot shank barycenter that exists among the prior art lower, the required great technical problem of drive power of shank.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a connecting rod drive mechanism, include first rotor arm, by the swing piece of external drive structure drive, first connecting rod subassembly and second rotor arm, swing the both ends of piece rotate respectively connect in first rotor arm with first connecting rod subassembly, first rotor arm is kept away from swing the one end of piece, first connecting rod subassembly is kept away from the equal universal connection in of one end of swing the second rotor arm.
In one embodiment, an end of the first link assembly remote from the swing member is connected to the second rotating arm through a first universal joint, and an end of the first rotating arm remote from the swing member is connected to the second rotating arm through a second universal joint.
In one embodiment, a first U-shaped fork is arranged at one end, away from the swinging piece, of the first connecting rod assembly, a second U-shaped fork is arranged at the joint of the second rotating arm and the first connecting rod assembly, two side parts of the first U-shaped fork are respectively connected to two ends of the first universal joint, and two side parts of the second U-shaped fork are respectively connected to the other two ends of the first universal joint; one end, far away from the piece that sways of first rotor arm is equipped with the third U-shaped fork, the second rotor arm with the one end that first rotor arm is connected is equipped with the fourth U-shaped fork, two lateral parts of third U-shaped fork connect respectively in wherein both ends of second universal joint, two lateral parts of fourth U-shaped fork connect respectively in the other both ends of second universal joint.
In one embodiment, each of the first and second universal joints includes a universal joint pin body, a universal joint pin sleeve sleeved on four ends of the universal joint pin body, a universal joint pin block for pressing against the universal joint pin sleeve, and a universal joint pin fastener for fixing the universal joint pin block to the universal joint pin sleeve.
In one embodiment, a fifth U-shaped fork is arranged on the swinging member, and one end of the first connecting rod assembly extends into the fifth U-shaped fork and is rotatably connected with the fifth U-shaped fork through a pin shaft assembly.
The utility model also provides a robot, including foretell connecting rod drive mechanism.
In one embodiment, the robot further comprises a first driving mechanism for driving the swinging member to swing and a third rotating arm rotatably connected to the first rotating arm, and the driving mechanism is fixed to the third rotating arm.
In one embodiment, the number of the first driving mechanism, the number of the swing pieces and the number of the first link assemblies are two, two swing pieces are arranged on two opposite sides of the first rotating arm, and two ends of the first link assemblies, which are close to the second rotating arm, are respectively arranged on two sides of the end of the first rotating arm, which is close to the second rotating arm.
In one embodiment, the first driving mechanism includes a first joint steering engine, a speed reducer and a transmission assembly connecting the first joint steering engine and the speed reducer, the first joint steering engine is fixed to the middle of the third rotating arm, the speed reducer is fixed to one end of the third rotating arm close to the first rotating arm, and a rotating shaft of the first rotating arm rotating relative to the third rotating arm is coaxial with an output shaft of the speed reducer.
In one embodiment, the robot further comprises a second connecting rod assembly, a second joint steering engine for driving the third rotating arm is further fixed on the third rotating arm, and two ends of the second connecting rod assembly are respectively connected to the second joint steering engine and the first rotating arm.
The utility model provides a connecting rod drive mechanism and robot's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the connecting rod transmission mechanism of the utility model comprises a first rotating arm, a swinging part, a second rotating arm and a first connecting rod component, two ends of the swinging part are respectively connected with the first rotating arm and the first connecting rod component, the other end of the first rotating arm and the other end of the first connecting rod component are all connected with the second rotating arm in a universal way, the swinging part is driven by an external driving structure, when the first rotating arm swings, the first connecting rod component and the first rotating arm can drive the second rotating arm to swing, so that the second rotating arm can be driven to rotate by the rotation of the first rotating arm, in this way, a driving mechanism for driving the second rotating arm does not need to be arranged between the first rotating arm and the second rotating arm, the driving mechanism can be arranged at one end of the first rotating arm far away from the second rotating arm, the first rotating arm can also be driven by other connecting rod mechanisms, and the driving mechanism is further kept away, when the connecting rod transmission mechanism is applied to the leg of the robot, the mass center of the leg of the robot can be improved, and the driving force required by the leg can be reduced.
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 embodiment of the present invention provides a link transmission mechanism.
Referring to fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, the link transmission mechanism includes a first rotating arm 4, a swinging member 1, a first link assembly 2 and a second rotating arm 3, the swinging member 1 is driven by an external driving structure to swing, two ends of the swinging member 1 are respectively connected to the first rotating arm 4 and the first link assembly 2 in a rotating manner, one end of the first rotating arm 4, which is far away from the swinging member 1, is connected to the second rotating arm 3 in a universal manner, and one end of the first link assembly 2, which is far away from the swinging member 1, is also connected to the second rotating arm 3 in a universal manner. The first rotating arm 4, the swinging piece 1, the first connecting rod component 2 and the second rotating arm 3 are sequentially connected end to form a quadrilateral structure. When the external driving mechanism drives the swinging piece 1 to swing, the first connecting rod component 2 and the second rotating arm 3 both rotate along with the swinging piece 1, so that the second rotating arm 3 can be driven by the movement of the swinging piece 1. And the external driving mechanism for driving the swinging part 1 can be arranged at the joint of the swinging part 1 and the first rotating arm 4, and also can be arranged at a position farther away from the second rotating arm 3, and the driving mechanism is not required to be arranged at the joint of the second rotating arm 3 and the first rotating arm 4, so that the center of mass of the robot is farther away from the second rotating arm 3, and the required driving force can be reduced. For example, when the connecting rod transmission mechanism is arranged at the ankle joint of the robot, the first rotating arm 4 is a lower leg structural part, the second rotating arm 3 is a foot plate structural part, the rotation joint of the lower leg structural part and the foot plate structural part is the ankle, the foot plate can be driven to rotate relative to the lower leg structural part through the rotation of the swinging part 1, the external driving mechanism for driving the swinging part 1 can be arranged at the joint of the swinging part 1 and the first rotating arm 4, and also can be arranged at other positions, compared with the driving mechanism arranged at the ankle joint, the center of mass of the leg of the robot is improved, and the required driving force is correspondingly reduced. The connecting rod transmission mechanism can also be used in joint structures such as multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arms and the like.
The link transmission mechanism in the above embodiment includes a first rotating arm 4, a swinging member 1, a second rotating arm 3 and a first link assembly 2, two ends of the swinging member 1 are respectively connected to the first rotating arm 4 and the first link assembly 2, the other end of the first rotating arm 4 and the other end of the first link assembly 2 are all connected to the second rotating arm 3 in a universal manner, the swinging member 1 is driven by an external driving structure, when the first rotating arm 4 swings, the first link assembly 2 and the first rotating arm 4 can drive the second rotating arm 3 to swing, so that the second rotating arm 3 is driven to rotate by the rotation of the first rotating arm 4, in this way, a driving mechanism for driving the second rotating arm 3 does not need to be arranged between the first rotating arm 4 and the second rotating arm 3, the driving mechanism can be arranged at one end of the first rotating arm 4 far from the second rotating arm 3, and the first rotating arm 4 can also be driven by other link mechanisms, further, the driving mechanism is far away from the second rotating arm 3, when the connecting rod transmission mechanism is applied to the leg of the robot, the mass center of the leg of the robot can be improved, and the driving force required by the leg can be reduced.
In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 1, one end of the first link assembly 2 away from the swing member 1 is connected to the second rotating arm 3 through the first universal joint 5, and one end of the first rotating arm 4 away from the swing member 1 is connected to the second rotating arm 3 through the second universal joint 6. In other embodiments, the end of the first link assembly 2 away from the swing member 1 and the end of the first rotating arm 4 away from the swing member 1 may be connected to the second rotating arm 3 through a universal connection structure such as a ball bearing.
In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2 and 3, one end of the first link assembly 2 away from the swing member 1 is provided with a first U-shaped fork 21, a junction of the second rotating arm 3 and the first link assembly 2 is provided with a second U-shaped fork 31, two ends of the first universal joint 5 are connected to two side portions of the first U-shaped fork 21, and the other two ends of the first universal joint 5 are connected to two side portions of the second U-shaped fork 31, so that the two side portions of the first U-shaped fork 21 and the two side portions of the second U-shaped fork 31 are also arranged in a cross manner, and thus, the first link assembly 2 and the second rotating arm 3 are connected in a universal manner. One end of the first rotating arm 4, which is far away from the swinging part 1, is provided with a third U-shaped fork 41, the joint of the second rotating arm 3 and the first rotating arm 4 is provided with a fourth U-shaped fork 32, two ends of the second universal joint 6 are connected to two side parts of the third U-shaped fork 41, and the other two ends of the second universal joint 6 are connected to two side parts of the fourth U-shaped fork 32, so that the two side parts of the third U-shaped fork 41 and the two side parts of the fourth U-shaped fork 32 are also arranged in a cross shape, and thus, the first rotating arm 4 and the second rotating arm 3 are in universal connection.
Optionally, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the first universal joint pin 5 includes a universal joint pin body 51, a universal joint pin sleeve 52, a universal joint pin stop 53, and a universal joint pin fastening member 54. The cross shaft body 51 is cross-shaped, and the number of the cross shaft sleeves 52, the cross shaft stops 53 and the cross shaft fasteners 54 is four, and the cross shaft sleeves, the cross shaft stops and the cross shaft fasteners are respectively arranged at four ends of the cross shaft body 51. The cross axle sleeve 52 is sleeved on the corresponding end of the cross axle body 51, the cross axle stop 53 is arranged by penetrating through the corresponding U-shaped fork and used for stopping the U-shaped fork, and the cross axle fastener 54 is used for fixing the cross axle stop 53 on one end of the cross axle body 51. Wherein, the second universal joint 6 can be selected to be the same as the first universal joint 5.
In one embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2, a fifth U-shaped fork 11 is disposed on the swing member 1, one end of the first link assembly 2 extends into the fifth U-shaped fork 11, and the first link assembly 2 is rotatably connected to the fifth U-shaped fork 11 through a pin assembly 7. The specific structure of the pin assembly 7 is not limited herein. One end of the first link assembly 2 extending into the fifth clevis 11 is provided with a ball bearing 22, and the pin assembly 7 is disposed through the ball bearing 22. The provision of the ball bearing 22 prevents the joint between the first link assembly 2 and the rocking member 1 from jamming during rotation. In other embodiments, the fifth clevis 11 may be disposed at the end of the first link assembly 2, and the end of the rocking member 1 may extend into the fifth clevis 11 and be pivotally connected thereto by the pin assembly 7.
Optionally, the number of the swinging members 1 and the number of the first link assemblies 2 are two, one of the swinging members 1 and the first link assemblies 2 is disposed on one side of the first rotating arm 4, and the other swinging member 1 and the first link assembly 2 are disposed on the other side of the first rotating arm 4, so that the rotation of the second rotating arm 3 is more stable.
The utility model also provides a robot, robot include the connecting rod drive mechanism in above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment. When the connecting rod transmission mechanism is adopted, the driving mechanism for driving the second rotating arm 3 does not need to be arranged between the first rotating arm 4 and the second rotating arm 3, the driving mechanism can be arranged at one end of the first rotating arm 4 far away from the second rotating arm 3, the first rotating arm 4 can also be driven by other connecting rod mechanisms, the driving mechanism is further far away from the second rotating arm 3, when the connecting rod transmission mechanism is applied to the leg of the robot, the mass center of the leg of the robot can be improved, and the driving force required by the leg is reduced.
In one embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 5 to 7, the robot further includes a first driving mechanism 84 and a third rotating arm 81. The first driving mechanism 84 is used for driving the swinging member 1 to swing, the third rotating arm 81 is rotatably connected to the first rotating arm 4, and the first driving mechanism 84 is fixed on the third rotating arm 81. The first driving mechanism 84 may be fixed at a connection point between the third rotating arm 81 and the first rotating arm 4, or may be fixed at a middle portion of the third rotating arm 81. Optionally, the first rotating arm 4 is a lower leg structure, the second rotating arm 3 is a foot plate structure, the third rotating arm 81 is a thigh structure, and the first driving mechanism 84 is fixed on the thigh structure, so as to drive the foot plate assembly to move, without arranging the driving mechanism at the ankle, so as to improve the center of mass of the robot.
Optionally, the first driving mechanism 84 includes a first joint steering engine 841, a speed reducer 843 and a transmission assembly 842, the first joint steering engine 841 and the speed reducer 843 are connected through the transmission assembly 842, the first joint steering engine 841 may include a motor, an encoder, and the like, an output end of the first joint steering engine 841 is connected to an input end of the transmission assembly 842, an output end of the transmission assembly 842 is connected to the speed reducer 843, and the swinging member 1 is connected to an output end of the speed reducer 843, so as to drive the swinging member 1 to move. Drive assembly 842 may optionally be a pulley assembly. The first joint steering engine 841 is fixed in the middle of the third rotating arm 81, the speed reducer 843 is fixed at the end of the third rotating arm 81 close to the first rotating arm 4, namely, the rotating joint of the third rotating arm 81 and the first rotating arm 4, and the rotating shafts of the first rotating arm 4 and the third rotating arm 81 and the output shaft of the speed reducer 843 are coaxially arranged. Alternatively, the end of the third rotating arm 81 is provided with a sixth U-shaped fork 811, the number of the first driving mechanism 84, the first link assembly 2 and the rocking member 1 is two, two speed reducers 843 are respectively fixed to both side portions of the sixth U-shaped fork 811, and the first link assembly 2 and the rocking member 1 are respectively provided on both sides of the first rotating arm 4. Thus, when the two first driving mechanisms 84 move in the same direction, the two swing members 1 and the two first link assemblies 2 move synchronously, so that the second rotating arm 3 can perform a forward swing motion; when the two first driving mechanisms 84 move in opposite directions, the two swing members 1 and the two first link assemblies 2 move in opposite directions, so that the two sides of the second rotating arm 3 move in opposite directions, and the side swing motion of the second rotating arm 3 can be realized by moving one side upward and the other side downward.
In one embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the robot further includes a first driving mechanism 84, a third rotating arm 81, a second joint steering engine 82, and a second connecting rod assembly 83. The first driving mechanism 84 is used for driving the swinging member 1 to swing, the third rotating arm 81 is rotatably connected to the first rotating arm 4, and the first driving mechanism 84 is fixed on the third rotating arm 81. The second joint steering engine 82 is also fixed to the third rotating arm 81, and is configured to drive the third rotating arm 81 to rotate, and two ends of the second link assembly 83 are respectively connected to the second joint steering engine 82 and the first rotating arm 4. When the third rotating arm 81 rotates, the second link assembly 83 pushes the first rotating arm 4 to rotate, so that the first rotating arm 4 can be driven to rotate relative to the third rotating arm 81 by the second joint steering engine 82, and the second joint steering engine 82 does not need to be arranged at the rotating connection position of the first rotating arm 4 and the third rotating arm 81, so that the driving force for driving the first rotating arm 4 to rotate relative to the third rotating arm 81 can be reduced.
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.