Adaptive Dress Pack Manager for Robotic Arm

Abstract

A dress pack manager for use with a robotic arm having an end-of-arm tool supplied with power or working fluid via a dress pack. A pair of rollers are spaced apart such that the dress pack may pass between them, and such that rotation of the rollers applies friction to the dress pack and causes the dress pack to move. An electric motor rotates one of the rollers in both a forward and backward rotation and is torque-controlled to maintain a constant tension applied to the dress pack by the rollers.

Patent Number
11,338,455
Date Of Issue
Inventors

Cody Eli Bressler; Cody Michael Porter; Branson Patrick Brockschmidt