Abstract: A dust-free industrial robot of high performance includes an internal air space substantially closed by arms, articulation members, bearings or covers or a combination thereof in a manner to separate the rotating, sliding and contacting portions of structural elements such as the arms, articulation members, bearings and a drive source from the outside air. The air pressure in the internal air space is made lower than that of the outside air to prevent dust produced during the operation of the robot from being scattered to the outside air.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an industrial robot free from generation of dust, which is provided with and internal space formed by covering rotating portions and contact portions of its arm members, joint members, bearing members or driving source, by the arm members, joint members, bearing members, or a cover member, or by a combination of these members, and air throttling portions provided in air passages for connecting the internal space with external air so as to separate the internal spaced from external air by sucking the air in the internal space. By the above air throttling portions, air within the internal space is isolated from the external air, and thus, scattering of dust from the dust generating portions toward the atmosphere is advantageously prevented.

Abstract: An industrial robot is constituted by a plurality of series connected arm units each composed of a driving unit from among a plurality of driving units having different driving powers and different driving speeds, a joint unit from among a plurality of joint units having different driving speeds and power transmitting capacities, and an arm from among a plurality of arms having different sizes and load capacities. The joint units, driving units and arms each have connecting surfaces thereon having positioning parts and setting-fixing parts in a predetermined pattern for enabling the joint units, driving units and arms to be detachably connected to other joint units, driving units and arms at corresponding connecting surfaces to form arm units with the desired joint units, driving units and arms. The joint units each have a stationary frame and a follower frame rotatably connected to each other and driving power transmitting mechanism connected between said frames and including reduction gears.