TELESCOPIC REMOTE MANIPULATOR OF THE MASTER-SLAVE TYPE AND ITS BALANCING MEANS

摘要

A telescopic telemanipulator of the master-slave type, wherein the slave arm is equilibrated by means of at least one counterweight mounted on a link articulated to the traversing block on the master arm side, the counterweight moving along the link when an offsetting is introduced between the length of the slave arm and that of the master arm; at least a second counterweight is mounted adjacent the first counterweight on another link, such counterweight moving along the link when a variation in the length of the slave arm is controlled from the master arm. The telemanipulator has application for the remote-controlled handling, among other things, of radioactive products.