Patent ID: 6557235
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B23Q,B25J,Y10T

Abstract:
A reconfigurable apparatus comprising:a frame; first and second linearly-actuated slides supported on a base reconfigurably coupled to a reconfiguration guide on the frame so that the base is movable to be reconfigured, wherein the first and second slides are movable along a line defining a first axis; a mobile platform; a first driving connector movably coupled to the first slide and to the mobile platform, and a second driving connector movably coupled to the second slide and to the mobile platform, such that the mobile platform is displaceable within at least two degrees of freedom defined by linear motions along the first axis and a second axis, the second axis being coplanar and orthogonal to the first axis; and an end effector coupled to the mobile platform, the end effector having an axis aligned in a direction defined by the second axis.