Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Design and Characterization of Soft Pneumatic Actuator for Uniersal Robot Gripper

  • Mohamed E.M. Salem
  • , Qiang Wang
  • , Ruoshi Wen
  • , Ma Xiang

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

In industrial application, the conentional hard grippers hae been widely used for a long time. Howeer, when hard grippers are used, the shape of the gripper surface has to be designed according to the shape of the grasping objects, so the gripper can only hold a few numbers of objects and in some cases unique object. Recently, soft actuators are drawing attention in robotics field due to their high flexibility, lightness, ease of fabrication and its low cost. In this paper, we present a uniersal soft pneumatic gripper which consists of four soft bending actuators and a soft wrist. Direct 3D printing technique is presented in the fabrication process of the soft pneumatic actuators as a new technique by using two different types of TPU 3D printer filament. Soft actuators characterization such as the radius of curature and the bending performance are presented by using the adantage of ABAQUS/CAE software and experimental tests.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 International Conference on Control and Robots, ICCR 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages6-10
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538682432
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Nov 2018
Event2018 International Conference on Control and Robots, ICCR 2018 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Duration: 15 Sep 201817 Sep 2018

Publication series

Name2018 International Conference on Control and Robots, ICCR 2018

Conference

Conference2018 International Conference on Control and Robots, ICCR 2018
Country/TerritoryHong Kong
CityHong Kong
Period15/09/1817/09/18

Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • robot gripper
  • soft actuator
  • soft wrist

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Design and Characterization of Soft Pneumatic Actuator for Uniersal Robot Gripper'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this