US Patent Issued to CANON on Jan. 13 for "Driving mechanism, robot apparatus measurement method, robot apparatus control method and component manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,877, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Driving mechanism, robot apparatus measurement method, robot apparatus control method and component manufacturing method" was invented by Toru Nagata (Kawasaki, Japan), Takayuki Ogawara (Yokohama, Japan) and Masaru Ogata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor detection error at a joint of a robot arm is correctly detected. A joint structure that joins links and of a robot arm includes a sensor for determining force acting between the links. A driving apparatus that generates a driving force of a joint includes first and second driving parts. A constraining part that...