Abstract: Disclosed is an industrial robot of the type wherein the robot arm is directly driven by a motor. A position encoder generates a signal representative of the actual position of the arm and a manually controlled position entry switch is operable during a teaching mode. When the arm is manually moved to a desired position, a memory controller responds to the operation of the position entry device by storing the actual position signal in a memory as a target position signal, and reads the stored signal during a playback mode. A servo-control system responds to the actual position signal from the encoder and the target position signal from the memory by controlling the motor so that the actual position of the arm approaches the desired position during the playback mode. The output of the servo-control system is decreased during the teaching mode to render the arm manually movable to the desired position and is increased during the playback mode.

Abstract: A position detecting apparatus provided with a lighting unit 13 for lighting an object 14 to be detected, an image-formation unit 15 for imaging the object 14, a detecting unit 16 comprising a plurality of photoelectric converters disposed on the image-formation plane to detect brightness of the image and disposed two-dimensionally, a scanning unit 17 for allowing the relative position of the image to the photoelectric converters to move one-dimensionally in the image-formation plane, a selecting unit 19 for selecting the plurality of detected signals of the detecting unit, and a decision means 18 for deciding the one- and two-dimensional positions of the center, corner and edge of the object by means of the detected signal of the detecting unit, a selected signal of the selecting unit and a scanning signal of the scanning unit, so that the images formed are moved slantwise with respect to the plurality of photoelectric converters disposed two-dimensionally and the selecting unit selects the detected signals

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.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement over a facsimile transmitter apparatus of the type in which a scanning system disposed within a transparent cylinder scans a subject copy wrapped around the cylinder, wherein one side edge of a subject copy wrapping belt is securely fixed to the outer surface of the cylinder in the axial direction thereof while the other side edge is securely fixed to a take-up roller after the belt having been wrapped therearound, the take-up roller being biased to resist the unrolling of the wrapping belt, and the transparent cylinder is rotated through in excess of 360.degree. from the initial position to the wrapping position where the subject copy is wrapped completely around the transparent cylinder and between the transparent cylinder and the wrapping belt, the cylinder being reversed in rotation to release and discharge the subject copy.