Abstract
We designed a novel telescopic manipulator mechanism which comprises aggregated convex tapes as an arm. The bundling plate is provided with a guiding groove, through which the plurality of convexes pass, to keep the relative position of the plurality of the convexes constant. The main purpose of the manipulator is highly durable application for rough environment, so the arm can be bent without corruption against overload. To evaluate the concept, we applied the manipulator for light load as a reacher and tested that for heavy load in various conformations, avoiding collapses. Hence the results shows that the manipulator has unique performance for practical applications, we will integrate the manipulator with mobile robots to extend its working area drastically.
