JP6455060B2 - Robot adjustment method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method of adjusting the robot.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a robot that can adjust the tension of a belt stretched between a driving pulley and a driven pulley provided on an arm. In the robot disclosed in Patent Document 1, a motor mounting base is provided to be slidable with respect to the arm. In addition, a through hole for passing a screw is formed in the arm. When adjusting the belt tension, a screw is attached to the motor mounting base through the through hole formed in the arm, and the tightening amount of the screw is adjusted.

JP 60-48285 A

  However, since the robot disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a structure in which the tension of the belt is adjusted by the tightening amount of the screw attached to the motor mounting base itself, the form of the motor mounting base itself is formed from the arm through hole. There must be a configuration in which the screw can be attached, and there is a problem that the mounting base of the motor becomes large and the weight of the mounting base of the motor increases.

  An object of the present invention is to reduce the size and weight of a robot arm that can adjust the tension of a belt for interlocking a plurality of pulleys.

  A robot for achieving the above object includes an arm, a drive unit provided inside the arm and including a first shaft member, a first pulley provided on the first shaft member, and a second shaft member, A second pulley provided on the second shaft member; a belt stretched over the first pulley and the second pulley; and the drive unit is movable with respect to the arm, A jig receiving portion to which a jig can be attached is provided, and a through-hole penetrating in the moving direction of the driving portion is formed in the arm.

  According to the present invention, with the jig attached to the drive unit, the drive unit can be moved in the direction of the rotation axis of the screw by turning the screw passing through the through hole of the arm. And after adjusting the tension | tensile_strength of the belt for making a 1st pulley follow a 2nd pulley with a screw, a jig | tool can be removed from an arm. In addition, since a jig for moving the drive unit with a screw is attached to the drive unit, a through hole for passing the screw is formed at a position where the screw can be easily turned, and the form of the jig can be determined according to the position of the screw. it can. Since the robot arm can be moved with such a jig removed, the robot arm capable of adjusting the belt tension for interlocking the first pulley and the second pulley can be reduced in size and weight. . The jig receiving portion may have any configuration as long as the jig can be pulled against the belt tension together with the jig in a state where the jig is attached to the driving portion.

It is a perspective view concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is the elements on larger scale of FIG. It is a typical sectional view concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a typical sectional view concerning an embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the corresponding component in each figure, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

1. Configuration FIG. 1 shows a robot as an embodiment of the present invention. The robot according to the present embodiment is a vertical articulated robot including a manipulator including a plurality of arms 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. A hand (not shown) for operating the workpiece is attached to the tip of the sixth arm 7.
The base 1 houses a motor or the like (not shown) for rotating the first arm 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the 1st arm 2 is provided in the base 1 so that rotation is possible. The arm body 20 of the first arm 2 accommodates a body plate 26, a base plate 21, a motor 22, a driving pulley 23 as a first pulley, a driven pulley 25 as a second pulley, a belt 24, a connecting member bundle 27, and the like. The The arm body 20 constitutes the outer shell of the first arm 2. A connecting member bundle 27 indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 2 is a bundle of connecting members for connecting functional parts such as electric wires and air pipes, and is also accommodated in the base 1. The first arm 2 which is the arm closest to the base 1 accommodates all connecting members such as electric wires and air pipes connected to actuators and sensors provided on the other arms 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Is done. For this reason, the connection member bundle 27 provided from the first arm 2 to the base 1 is thicker than the connection member bundle accommodated in the other arms.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a body plate 26 for supporting the motor 22 and the drive pulley 23 is fixed to the arm body 20. The body plate 26 is made of a metal plate having sufficient rigidity. A flat base plate 21 is fixed by screws 30 in a plane region of the body plate 26 perpendicular to the rotation axis of the drive pulley 23.

  The base plate 21 is made of a metal plate having sufficient rigidity. The diameter of the screw 30 is the diameter in the direction in which the belt 24 is stretched over the base plate 21, that is, the direction perpendicular to the drive shaft B and the driven shaft A and parallel to the straight line passing through the drive shaft B and the driven shaft A. Are formed with a plurality of long holes 21b. Hereinafter, a direction perpendicular to the drive shaft B and the driven shaft A and parallel to a straight line passing through the drive shaft B and the driven shaft A (vertical direction in FIG. 3) is referred to as a belt pulling direction. A plurality of screws 30 as fixing members are attached to the body plate 26 through the long holes 21 b formed in the base plate 21. For this reason, the base plate 21 can move in the belt pulling direction with respect to the body plate 26 when the screw 30 is loosened. Further, the position of the base plate 21 in the belt pulling direction can be fixed by tightening the screw 30.

  A motor 22 and a drive pulley 23 are provided on both sides of the base plate 21 therebetween. One end of the motor 22 is fixed to the base plate 21 with screws (not shown). The drive pulley 23 as the first pulley is coupled to the drive shaft member 221 of the motor 22 as the first shaft member. For this reason, the motor 22 and the drive pulley 23 move with respect to the body plate 26 together with the base plate 21.

  The driven pulley 25 is coupled to a driven shaft member 251 that is parallel to the driven shaft member 251 and rotates together with the driven shaft member 251. The driven shaft member 251 as the second shaft member is rotatably supported by a ball bearing (not shown) and is fixed to the second arm 3. The position of the rotation shaft of the driven shaft member 251 is fixed with respect to the arm body 20. Therefore, when the drive shaft member 221 moves together with the base plate 21, the distance D between the driven shaft A and the drive shaft B changes.

  The belt 24 is stretched between the driving pulley 23 and the driven pulley 25 and drives the driven pulley 25 according to the driving pulley 23. The tension of the belt 24 is adjusted by the distance D between the driven shaft A that is the central axis of the driven shaft member 251 and the drive shaft B that is the central axis of the drive shaft member 221.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of holes 21 a as jig receiving portions are formed in the lower portion (end portion on the base side) of the base plate 21. Each hole 21a is opened on the surface of the base plate 21 opposite to the surface facing the motor 22. The hole 21a may or may not penetrate the base plate 21.

  The jig 9 shown in FIG. 4 is a metal member having sufficient rigidity. The jig 9 is formed with at least two convex portions 9b that fit into the holes 21a. The jig 9 is formed with a screw hole 9a as a through hole whose central axis is parallel to the belt pulling direction in a state where the convex portion 9b is fitted in the hole 21a.

  The arm body 20 is formed with a screw hole 20a whose central axis coincides with the screw hole 9a of the jig 9 attached to the base plate 21. That is, the screw hole 20a penetrates the arm body 20 in the belt pulling direction. The screw hole 20 a is located on the opposite side of the motor 22 from the base plate 21. That is, the screw hole 20 a is located on the same side as the pulley 23 when viewed from the base plate 21 and is located almost directly below the belt 24.

2. Adjustment Method Next, a method for adjusting the tension of the belt 24 will be described.
First, the protrusion 9 b of the jig 9 is fitted into the hole 21 a of the base plate 21, and the jig 9 is attached to the base plate 21. Next, the adjustment screw 10 is passed through the through hole 20 a of the arm body 20, and the adjustment screw 10 is attached to the jig 9. Next, the screws 30 fixing the base plate 21 to the body plate 26 are loosened so that the base plate 21 is movable with respect to the body plate 26. Next, the tightening amount of the adjusting screw 10 is changed. The distance D between the center axes of the drive pulley 23 and the driven pulley 25 changes according to the tightening amount of the adjusting screw 10, and the tension of the belt 24 changes according to the distance D between the center axes of the drive pulley 23 and the driven pulley 25. For this reason, the tension of the belt 24 can be adjusted by adjusting the tightening amount of the adjusting screw 10. Depending on the tension of the belt 24, the torque required to tighten the adjusting screw 10 changes. For this reason, the tension of the belt 24 can be adjusted to an appropriate value by adjusting the tightening amount of the adjusting screw 10 while measuring the torque for tightening the adjusting screw 10. Therefore, for example, when the adjustment screw 10 is tightened using a torque wrench, the tension of the belt 24 can be adjusted with one hand. After adjusting the tension of the belt 24 to an appropriate value, the screw 30 is tightened to fix the base plate 21 to the body plate 26. After adjusting the tension of the belt 24 and fixing the base plate 21 to the body plate 26 in this way, the adjusting screw 10 and the jig 9 are removed, and a cover (not shown) is attached to the arm body 20.

  According to the embodiment described above, since the robot can be operated with the adjustment screw 10 and the jig 9 removed, the first arm 2 can be reduced in size and weight. In addition, since the jig 9 is adjusted while attached to the base plate 21, even if the base plate 21 is a flat plate, the adjustment is performed at a position where the central axis of the belt 24 and the adjusting screw 10 substantially overlap when viewed from the belt pulling direction. The through hole 20a may be formed at a position where the belt 24 can be pulled with the screw 10 and where the adjustment screw 10 can be turned with the first arm 2 attached to the base 1. it can. Temporarily, in order to be able to turn the adjusting screw 10 at the same position as in this embodiment without using the jig 9, it is necessary to provide a portion protruding outward at the lower portion of the base plate 21, The weight of one arm 2 increases. Further, according to the present embodiment, since the number of components for adjusting the tension of the belt 24 can be reduced, the space for accommodating the connection member bundle 27 in the arm body 20 can be expanded.

3. Other Embodiments The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  For example, a jig receiving portion to which a jig can be attached may be provided on the motor itself that drives the drive pulley. Alternatively, an intermediate member may be provided between the motor and the base plate, and the motor, the intermediate member, and the base plate may be integrated to move in the belt pulling direction. Further, the jig receiving part and the jig may be fixed with screws. In addition, the jig receiving portion is not limited to a concave portion such as a hole or a groove, and may be any form that can pull the driving portion against the belt tension together with the jig while the jig is attached to the driving portion. A convex portion that fits into the concave portion of the jig may be formed on the base plate as a jig receiving portion.

  In addition, for example, as a configuration that allows the drive unit to move in a predetermined direction with respect to the driven shaft member, a combination of a linear groove serving as a guide and a convex portion that fits into the groove may be used. For example, a drive pulley can be moved in the belt pulling direction with respect to the arm body by forming a groove parallel to the belt pulling direction in the arm body and fitting a base plate in the groove. The direction in which the drive unit moves may be a direction in which the distance between the rotation shaft of the first pulley and the rotation shaft of the second pulley changes due to the movement of the drive unit, for example, obliquely with respect to the belt pulling direction. The drive unit may be movable in the intersecting direction.

  The driven pulley may be a pulley that is driven by a belt and driven by a belt.For example, a third pulley is fixed to a driven shaft member that is a rotating shaft of the driven pulley, and the third pulley and the fourth pulley are connected to each other. Another arm may be fixed to the rotating shaft member of the fourth pulley by interlocking with the second belt.

  Further, as a fixing member for fixing the position of the driving unit with respect to the arm after adjusting the tension of the belt, a pin inserted into any of a plurality of holes arranged in the belt pulling direction may be used. Specifically, for example, holes arranged in the belt pulling direction are formed in the body plate, and a hole corresponding to any one of these holes is formed in the base plate according to the position of the base plate. Then, in a state where any of the plurality of holes of the body plate and the hole of the base plate communicate with each other, a pin is inserted into the two communicating holes. When such a fixing member is used, the belt tension can be adjusted stepwise.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Base 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ... Arm, 9 ... Jig, 9a ... Screw hole, 9b ... Convex part, 10 ... Adjustment screw, 20 ... Arm body, 20a ... Through-hole, 21 ... base plate, 21a ... hole, 21b ... long hole, 22 ... motor, 23 ... driving pulley, 24 ... belt, 25 ... driven pulley, 26 ... body plate, 27 ... connecting member bundle, 20a ... screw hole, 30 ... screw, 221 ... Drive shaft member, 251 ... Drive shaft member, 251 ... Drive shaft member, A ... Drive shaft, B ... Drive shaft

Claims (1)

Arm,
A drive unit provided inside the arm;
A first pulley provided on a first shaft member of the drive unit;
A second shaft member;
A second pulley provided on the second shaft member;
A belt stretched over the first pulley and the second pulley,
The drive unit is movable relative to the arm;
The arm is formed with a through hole penetrating in the moving direction of the drive unit.
A robot adjustment method,
A jig is attached to the drive unit,
Attach a screw through the through hole to the jig,
After adjusting the tension of the belt by the tightening amount of the screw,
Removing the jig from the drive unit;
How to adjust the robot.

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