Abstract
No assignee for this patent application has been made.News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Robots are widely used in many industrial and commercial a pplications to perform precise and repetitivemovements. For example, the robots may pick and place parts, apply spray paint, perform welding, removeburrs or a pply sealant to joints. In these applications, structural members (or structural parts) of therobots are typically designed to bear certain mechanical loadings , such as certain mechanical torques andweights.