Abstract: A robot includes a base installed on an installation surface, a robot arm coupled to the base, a force detection section coupled to the base and detecting a force applied to the robot arm, a coupling member having a plurality of convex parts provided between the installation surface and the force detection section, projecting toward the force detection section side, and contacting the force detection section, and first fixing members provided in positions where the convex parts are provided and fixing the force detection section and the coupling member.

Abstract: A robot includes a base, a robot arm having a first arm provided on the base and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis and a second arm provided on the first arm and configured to rotate about a second rotation axis, a cable placed inside of the robot arm, and a tube having a suction hole for suctioning a gas inside of the robot arm when connected to a pump, wherein a first gap is provided between the first arm and the second arm, and the suction hole is placed inside of the robot arm.

Abstract: A hydroponic cultivation system includes a plurality of seedbeds, a hanging part, and a transport mechanism. A plurality of seedlings of a plant to be cultivated is transplanted to side surfaces of the plurality of seedbeds. The hanging part hangs each of the plurality of seedbeds while the plurality of seedbeds is arranged in a predetermined horizontal direction from a planting side of the seedlings to a harvesting side of the seedlings. The transport mechanism transports the plurality of seedbeds in the predetermined horizontal direction while widening spaces between the seedbeds in the predetermined horizontal direction in a stepwise or continuous manner.

Abstract: A robot includes a base installed on an installation surface, a robot arm coupled to the base, a force detection section coupled to the base and detecting a force applied to the robot arm, a coupling member having a plurality of convex parts provided between the installation surface and the force detection section, projecting toward the force detection section side, and contacting the force detection section, and first fixing members provided in positions where the convex parts are provided and fixing the force detection section and the coupling member.

Abstract: A robot includes a base; a robot arm that includes an arm which is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the base; and a connector that is provided in the base and is capable of being connected to an external wire. The connector is located on a side of the center of gravity more than a line that is perpendicular to a location of a center of gravity of the robot arm when the robot arm is in a basic posture and a line segment passing through the rotation axis and passes through the rotation axis, as viewed from an axial direction of the rotation axis.

Abstract: A robot includes: a base; a first arm which is provided on the base so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis; and a second arm which is provided on the first arm so as to be rotatable around a second rotation axis having an axial direction different from the axial direction of the first rotation axis, an angle formed by the first arm and the second arm is set as 0°, when seen in the axial direction of the second rotation axis, and the second arm does not interfere with an attachment surface where the base is provided, when the angle is 0°.

Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm having an nth (n is an integer equal to or more than one) arm and an (n+1)th arm, the nth arm is rotatable about an nth rotation shaft, the (n+1)th arm is provided on the nth arm rotatably about an (n+1)th rotation shaft in a shaft direction different from a shaft direction of the nth rotation shaft, and, while a distal end of the robot arm is moved from a first point to a second point, a first operation such that the nth arm and the (n+1)th arm overlap as seen from the shaft direction of the (n+1)th rotation shaft and a second operation of rotating the nth arm are performed.

Abstract: A hydroponic system (1) is provided with a light-collecting apparatus (3) having a pair of reflecting plates (31a) that are vertically arranged in parallel with a culture surface (23) of a culture panel (21) of a hydroponic unit (2). During a process in which natural light taken from a light-collecting opening (30) propagates while repeatedly reflected by opposing reflecting surfaces of a reflecting plates (31a), by allowing seedlings p that are transplanted into the culture panel (21) to be irradiated with the light through a light-emitting hole (32) bored in the reflecting plate (31a), a culture object can be grown efficiently at a low cost by taking natural light from the outside.

Abstract: A robot includes a base, a robot arm having a first arm provided on the base and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis and a second arm provided on the first arm and configured to rotate about a second rotation axis, a cable placed inside of the robot arm, and a tube having a suction hole for suctioning a gas inside of the robot arm when connected to a pump, wherein a first gap is provided between the first arm and the second arm, and the suction hole is placed inside of the robot arm.

Abstract: A robot includes an nth arm, an (n+1)th arm rotatably provided on the nth arm, and a core member provided at a center of rotation of the (n+1)th arm and having a first member and a second member. In the robot, a flat cable is sandwiched by the first member and the second member and wound around the core member.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a hydroponic cultivation system that is capable of transporting a seedbed with a simple mechanism and has excellent durability. [Solving Means] A hydroponic cultivation system includes a plurality of seedbeds, a hanging part, and a transport mechanism. A plurality of seedlings of a plant to be cultivated are transplanted to side surfaces of the plurality of seedbeds. The hanging part hangs each of the plurality of seedbeds while the plurality of seedbeds are arranged in a predetermined horizontal direction from a planting side of the seedlings to a harvesting side of the seedlings. The transport mechanism transports the plurality of seedbeds in the predetermined horizontal direction while widening spaces between the seedbeds in the predetermined horizontal direction in a stepwise or continuous manner.

Abstract: A robot includes: a first arm rotatable about a first rotation axis; a second arm provided on the first arm rotatably about a second rotation axis that is a different axial direction from an axial direction of the first rotation axis; and a moving part provided on the second arm rotatably about a third rotation axis. The moving part has a third arm and a fourth arm. A maximum length of the moving part is longer than a length of the second arm and shorter than twice the length of the second arm. The first arm has a length longer than the length of the second arm. The first arm and the second arm can overlap with each other, as viewed from the axial direction of the second rotation axis.

Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm having a first member rotatably provided on a base, a second member rotatably provided on the first member, a third member rotatably provided on the second member, and a fourth member rotatably provided on the third member. The fourth member has an arm rotatable about a rotation axis in an axis direction different from an axis direction of a rotation axis of the first member with respect to the base. In a first state, the first member, the second member, and the third member overlap. In a second state, at least one of a distal end of the robot arm and an end effector provided on the distal end of the robot arm overlaps with the second member.

Abstract: A robot includes: a base which is provided on a first surface; and a robot arm which is provided on the base, in which the robot arm includes an n-th arm and an (n+1)th arm, in which the n-th arm rotates around an n-th rotating axis, in which the (n+1)th arm is provided to rotate around an (n+1)th rotating axis which is an axial direction different from an axial direction of the n-th rotating axis, in the n-th arm, in which the length of the n-th arm is longer than the length of the (n+1)th arm, and, when viewed from the axial direction of the (n+1)th rotating axis, the n-th arm and the (n+1)th arm overlap each other, and in which a connection part between the base and the robot arm is positioned above the first surface in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm having an nth (n is an integer equal to or more than one) arm and an (n+1)th arm, the nth arm is rotatable about an nth rotation shaft, the (n+1)th arm is provided on the nth arm rotatably about an (n+1)th rotation shaft in a shaft direction different from a shaft direction of the nth rotation shaft, and, while a distal end of the robot arm is moved from a first point to a second point, a first operation such that the nth arm and the (n+1)th arm overlap as seen from the shaft direction of the (n+1)th rotation shaft and a second operation of rotating the nth arm are performed.

Abstract: A robot includes a base; a robot arm that includes an arm which is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the base; and a connector that is provided in the base and is capable of being connected to an external wire. The connector is located on a side of the center of gravity more than a line that is perpendicular to a location of a center of gravity of the robot arm when the robot arm is in a basic posture and a line segment passing through the rotation axis and passes through the rotation axis, as viewed from an axial direction of the rotation axis.

Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm having an nth (n is an integer equal to or more than one) arm and an (n+1)th arm, the nth arm is rotatable about an nth rotation shaft, the (n+1)th arm is provided on the nth arm rotatably about an (n+1)th rotation shaft in a shaft direction different from a shaft direction of the nth rotation shaft, and, while a distal end of the robot arm is moved from a first point to a second point, a first operation such that the nth arm and the (n+1)th arm overlap as seen from the shaft direction of the (n+1)th rotation shaft and a second operation of rotating the nth arm are performed.

Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm that has an nth arm (n is an integer of 1 or greater) and an (n+1)th arm disposed in the nth arm so as to be pivotable around an (n+1)th pivot axis, and a motor unit that drives the (n+1)th arm. Each of the nth arm and the (n+1)th arm has a cover. A wire is disposed between the motor and the cover of the nth arm. A non-contact seal structure is formed using the cover of the nth arm and the cover of the (n+1)th arm.

Abstract: A robot includes: a base; a first arm which is provided on the base so as to be rotatable around a first rotation axis; and a second arm which is provided on the first arm so as to be rotatable around a second rotation axis having an axial direction different from the axial direction of the first rotation axis, an angle formed by the first arm and the second arm is set as 0°, when seen in the axial direction of the second rotation axis, and the second arm does not interfere with an attachment surface where the base is provided, when the angle is 0°.

Abstract: A hydroponic system (1) is provided with a light-collecting apparatus (3) having a pair of reflecting plates (31a) that are vertically arranged in parallel with a culture surface (23) of a culture panel (21) of a hydroponic unit (2). During a process in which natural light taken from a light-collecting opening (30) propagates while repeatedly reflected by opposing reflecting surfaces of a reflecting plates (31a), by allowing seedlings p that are transplanted into the culture panel (21) to be irradiated with the light through a light-emitting hole (32) bored in the reflecting plate (31a), a culture object can be grown efficiently at a low cost by taking natural light from the outside.