Patent ID: 8171818
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: B25J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A robot comprising: a fixed body which is at least unmovable in a vertical direction; a movable body which is movably connected to the fixed body in a predetermined movable range in the vertical direction and which has an end to which a tool is attached, the tool performing operations on a workplace; and a flat-shaped cable bundle having a plurality of cables for electric power supply and control communication among the fixed and movable bodies, the cable bundle having two ends in a lengthwise direction thereof, one end of which is fixedly connected to a fixing position of the fixed body and the other of which is fixedly connected to a fixing position of the movable body, the cable bundle having a drooping portion drooping from both fixing positions in the vertical direction, wherein the cable bundle has a length which permits the drooping portion thereof to operate such that: