Patent ID: 8246288

Claim:
A manipulator, comprising: a support arm; a grasping member; and a connecting assembly connecting the support arm with the grasping member, the connecting assembly comprising: a base fixed to the support arm; a holder fixed to the base, the holder defining an assembling hole, wherein a perimeter of the assembling hole increases towards the base; a connecting member having a first assembling portion received in the assembling hole of the holder; and an elastic member positioned between the base and the connecting member, thus producing an elastic force to drive the connecting member to resist the holder; wherein the first assembling portion defines a receiving bore and an engaging groove communicating with the receiving bore; the connecting assembly further comprises a flange and an engaging member, the flange engaged with the connecting member and comprises a connecting portion engaging with the receiving bore of the first assembling portion, the connecting portion defines a restricting groove, the engaging member engaged in the engaging groove of the first assembling portion and the restricting groove of the connecting portion.