US 12,343,869 B2
Reconfigurable hybrid kinematics machine
Bashar El Khasawneh, Abu Dhabi (AE); Abdur Rosyid Patrum, Abu Dhabi (AE); and Cesare Stefanini, Pisa (IT)
Assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Filed by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (AE)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/830,205.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,599, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402120 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1065 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconfigurable machining device, comprising:
a base;
a frame having first and second portions hinged together at a third portion, each of the first and second portions coupled to the base and configured to move relative to the base, wherein the first and second portions are configured to rotate relative to the third portion, the third portion being configured to translate the frame along the base;
a plurality of arms, each of the plurality of arms having a proximal end coupled to the frame and a distal end coupled to a tool, wherein the plurality of arms coupled to the first and second portions of the frame are configured to direct movement of the distal ends of the plurality of arms via hinging of the first and second portions relative to each other and movement of the first and second portions relative to the base;
a platform coupled with the plurality of arms;
a plurality of actuators coupled with joints of the plurality of arms and being configured to move the plurality of arms, and
one or more actuators coupled with the platform and configured to move the tool about a workpiece.