公开(公告)号：US11491644B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US16570391

申请日：2019-09-13

Applicant: KINOVA INC.

Inventor： Sebastien Messier ,  Louis-Joseph Caron L'Ecuyer

IPC: B25J9/10 ,  H05K1/18 ,  B25J17/02 ,  B25J18/00 ,  G01L3/14

Abstract: A motorized joint unit comprises a pair of shells defining an inner cavity, the pair of shells adapted to be connected to adjacent links of an articulated mechanism. A rotor and stator in the inner cavity are actuatable to cause a relative rotation therebetween. A shaft connected to the rotor to rotate with the rotor relative to the stator. A support coupled to the shaft by a mechanism, the support being connected to one of the shells to impart a rotation of the shaft to the shell, the support defining an annular wall. One or more strain gauges are located on said annular wall of the support. A printed circuit board (PCB) is applied against the annular wall and electrically connected to the at least one strain gauge, the PCB adapted to be electrically linked to a controller.

公开(公告)号：US11685052B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16574673

申请日：2019-09-18

Applicant: Kinova Inc.

Inventor： Louis-Joseph Caron L'Ecuyer ,  Jean-Francois Forget ,  Jonathan Lussier ,  Sébastien Boisvert

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  H04N13/207 ,  G06V20/20 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/54

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  G06V20/20 ,  H04N13/207 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/54 ,  G06V2201/06

Abstract: A method for operating a vision guided robot arm system comprising a robot arm provided with an end effector at a distal end thereof, a display, an image sensor and a controller, the method comprising: receiving from the sensor image an initial image of an area comprising at least one object and displaying the initial image on the display; determining an object of interest amongst the at least one object and identifying the object of interest within the initial image; determining a potential action related to the object of interest and providing a user with an identification of the potential action; receiving a confirmation of the object of interest and the potential action from the user; and automatically moving the robot arm so as to position the end effector of the robot arm at a predefined position relative to the object of interest.

公开(公告)号：US11820011B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US16875397

申请日：2020-05-15

Applicant: KINOVA INC.

Inventor： Louis-Joseph Caron L'Ecuyer ,  Jonathan Lussier ,  Mathiew Moineau-Dionne ,  Alexandre Picard

IPC: B25J9/10 ,  B25J18/00

CPC classification number: B25J9/106 ,  B25J18/00

Abstract: An articulated robot arm comprises a plurality of skeleton links. Motorized joint units forming joints between adjacent ones of the skeleton links such that the skeleton links of the adjacent ones are rotatable relative to one another. One or more skin shells are provided for the skeleton links, the skin shell forming a non-structural skin around the at least one of the skeleton links.

公开(公告)号：USD973605S1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US29794973

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: KINOVA INC.

Designer： Romain Zolfo ,  Thomas Rouayroux ,  Guillaume Chauvet ,  Louis-Joseph Caron L'Ecuyer ,  Yanick Laliberte