Patent number: 5845540
Filing date: Sep 25, 1997
Issue date: Dec 8, 1998
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Patent Abstract:
A pair of connected joints is provided in a master-slave robotic system each operated by a plurality of force-imparting means. Such force imparting means for the second joint supported on a member controlled by the first joint imparts force to a member controlled by the second joint at an acute angle. A third joint is used with the flexible drive tape partly internal thereto.