Claims
- 1. A robot comprising:
- a motor chamber;
- first and second arm member assemblies, each supported by the motor chamber at a first end thereof for movement about a common axis;
- the first and second arm member assemblies each having a second end coupled to a common robot element; and
- a drive mechanism mounted in the motor chamber, the drive mechanism having drive members, each coupled to a respective one of the first and second arm member assemblies to independently and selectively move the first ends of the first and second arm assemblies:
- i) to cause the common robot element to revolve, and
- ii) to cause the common robot element to move in a generally linear path.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/548,945, filed Oct. 26, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,902, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/298,382, filed on Aug. 30, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,469,035, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/025,204, filed Mar. 2, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,355,066, which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/644,852, filed Jan. 22, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,227,708, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/424,771, filed Oct. 20, 1989, abandoned.
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