US PATENT SUBCLASS 318 / 568.21
.~.~.~.~.~ Including end effector (e.g., gripping jaw, micromanipulator, etc.)

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318 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: MOTIVE POWER SYSTEMS

560  DF  POSITIONAL SERVO SYSTEMS (E.G., SERVOMECHANISMS) {23}
567  DF  .~ Program- or pattern-controlled systems {3}
568.1  DF  .~.~ With program recording or composing means {1}
568.11  DF  .~.~.~ Multifunction manipulator (i.e., Robot) {9}
568.2  DF  .~.~.~.~ With plural control systems (e.g., the interaction of plural processors to control the plural joints of a single robot): {1}
568.21.~.~.~.~.~ Including end effector (e.g., gripping jaw, micromanipulator, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 318/568.21

Including end effector (e.g., gripping jaw, micromanipulator, etc.):

(under subclass 568.2) Subject matter including a device, usually attached to the robot arm, which extends the capability of the robot by one or more degrees of freedom.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

395, Information Processing System Organization,

80+, for robot control.

901, Robots,

30+, for robot end effectors.