OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000001564

Adaptive tool holder for robotic arm

Published: 2026-09-15T19:06:42.333406Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001564
Categories: Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment > Joining and Welding

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ABSTRACT

An adaptive tool holder of a robotic arm includes: a tool shank; a hollow
barrel seat, connected below the tool shank; a ball spline with an upper
section, an outer convex ring and a lower section; a spring seat, disposed
within the barrel seat and located on the upper section of the ball spline; an
elastic element, disposed within the barrel seat, where both ends of the
elastic element abut against a bottom of the tool shank and the spring seat
respectively; a spring guide pin, disposed through the spring seat; a
connecting post, disposed within the lower section of the ball spline, where a
top of the connecting post is connected and fixed to the spring guide pin; and
a friction stir welding tool inserted and fixed detachably at a bottom end of
the connecting post.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000001564
Published 2026-09-15T19:06:42.333406Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001564