Patent ID: 7622001

Claim:
A robot for carrying out a predetermined work, comprising: a body structure; a robot arm rotatably supported on the body structure, the robot arm having a front end part; and an end effector supported on the front end part of the robot arm, wherein the body structure has a stationary base unit including a mounting face which enables the stationary base unit to be fixedly installed at a predetermined position and a movable unit rotatably supported on the stationary base unit so as to turn about an axis of rotation relative to the stationary base unit, wherein the stationary base unit includes a stationary-side guide part having a stationary-side internal space in which a flexible, elongate member connected to the robot arm or the end effector is extended loosely along the axis of rotation, the stationary-side guide part opening upstream in a direction in which the elongate member is inserted into the stationary base unit, so as to open at a surface of the stationary-side guide part which is lateral to the mounting face, wherein the movable unit includes a movable-side guide part having a movable-side internal space in which the elongate member is extended loosely along the axis of rotation, the movable-side guide part opening downstream in a direction in which the elongate member is inserted into the movable unit, and wherein the stationary-side internal space and the movable-side internal space communicate with each other.