Bioinspiration and biomimetic art in robotic grippers

VP Nguyen, SB Dhyan, V Mai, BS Han, WT Chow - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The autonomous manipulation of objects by robotic grippers has made significant strides in
enhancing both human daily life and various industries. Within a brief span, a multitude of …

Design of soft robots: a review of methods and future opportunities for research

B Hasanshahi, L Cao, KY Song, W Zhang - Machines, 2024 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
Soft robots present resilient and adaptable systems characterized by deformable bodies
inspired by biological systems. In this paper, we comprehensively review existing design …

Research on effects of different internal structures on the grasping performance of Fin Ray soft grippers

J Yao, Y Fang, L Li - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
Fin Ray soft grippers, as a notable passive compliant structures, can be easily actuated by
external devices to adapt their shape to conform to a grasped object. Their unique ability is …

Analysis of Contact Force and Shape Change on Grasping a Square Object Using an Actual Fin Ray Soft Gripper

T Kitamura, K Matsushita, N Nakatani - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Fin Ray-type soft gripper (FRSG) is a typical soft gripper structure and applies the
deformation characteristics of the Fin Ray structure. This structure functions to stabilize the …

[HTML][HTML] Development and Investigation of a Grasping Analysis System with Two-Axis Force Sensors at Each of the 16 Points on the Object Surface for a Hardware …

T Kitamura, K Matsushita, N Nakatani, S Tsuchiyama - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The FinRay soft gripper achieves passive enveloping grasping through its functional flexible
structure, adapting to the contact configuration of the object to be grasped. However …

Versatile 3D-printed fin-ray effect soft robotic fingers: lightweight optimization and performance analysis

GL Srinivas, A Javed, LM Faller - Journal of the Brazilian Society of …, 2024 - Springer
Fin ray soft robotic fingers are inspired by the structure and movement of fish fins, enabling
flexible and adaptive grasping capabilities. Addressing the challenges of resource efficiency …

Scalable Simulation-Guided Compliant Tactile Finger Design

Y Ma, A Agarwal, SQ Liu, W Yuan… - 2024 IEEE 7th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Compliant grippers enable robots to work with humans in unstructured environments. In
general, these grippers can improve with tactile sensing to estimate the state of objects …

A variable stiffness design method for soft robotic fingers based on grasping force compensation and linearization

X Shan, L Xu, X Li - Robotica, 2024 - cambridge.org
Soft fingers play an increasingly important role in robotic grippers to achieve adaptive
grasping with variable stiffness features. Previous studies of soft finger design have primarily …

ANALYSIS OF INCREASING THE FRICTION FORCE OF THE ROBOT JAWS BY ADDING 3D PRINTED FLEXIBLE INSERTS.

J SUDER, T KOT, A Panec… - MM Science Journal, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract 3D printing technology plays a key role in the production of prototypes and final
functional parts. The ability to produce almost any shape using this technology in …

[PDF][PDF] Design of Printing Parameter Settings Methodology for FFF Printing of Waterproof Samples from a Flexible Material

J Suder, J Mlotek, A Panec, F Fojtík - Acta Mech. Slovaca, 2023 - academia.edu
3D printing technology plays a key role in the design of prototypes and final parts. The ability
to quickly and easily produce almost any shape using the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) …