Patent ID: 8973768
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B25J,B66C

Abstract:
1. A gantry robot system comprising: a first beam; a second beam; a bridge assembly spanning and supported by the first beam and the second, the bridge assembly comprising a bridge, a first connector connected to the bridge and a second connector connected to the bridge, a first drive connected to the first connector and configured to displace the first connector longitudinally relative to the first beam, and a second drive connected to the second connector and configured to displace the second connector longitudinally relative to the second beam, wherein at least one of the first connector and/or the second connector comprises a link pivotally connected to the bridge assembly to pivot about a first pivot axis and pivotally connected to one of the first and second drive to pivot about a second pivot axis, wherein each of the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis are orthogonal to elongation of the first beam and orthogonal to the elongation of the bridge spanning the first beam and the second beam, and the first drive and the second drive are independently actuable, thereby enabling the bridge assembly to be rotationally skewed relative to the first and second beams; and a carriage assembly suspended from the bridge.