wrappinggripper Wrapping Gripper

Heads: Zhongkui Wang
Contact: Haruki Okamoto

Date: 2018 -

Mailing address:
Dept. Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ.
Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan

Supported by:
Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) "An intelligent knowledge processing infrastructure, integrating physical and virtual domains"

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Project Description

We propose a wrapping gripper to grasp chopped or granular food materials. A wrapping gripper consists of multiple inflatable soft fingers. Fingers will expand according to air pressure so that the gap between neighboring fingers shrinks, with successfully grasping chopped or granular food materials.
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Wrapping gripper picking up granular cones
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Wrapping gripper picking up salt

Personnel

Name Title Degree
Matsuo Taichi M1
Haruki Okamoto Graduated Master of Eng.
Kuriyama Yoshiyuki Graduated Master of Eng.

Publications

Conferences
Oral Presentations

Notes


Wrapping gripper picking corn

Wrapping gripper picking hijiki

Simulating wrapping gripper motion (side view)

Simulating wrapping gripper motion (top view)

Wrapping gripper open

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