Development of air-jet based suction device capable of manipulating position and attitude

Abstract

This paper proposes a manipulator which can suction and manipulate an object without contact. The proposed device has 6 nozzles and can suction an object using air-jet. We describe the principle of suction and propose a manipulation method. We experimentally verify that the developed device can manipulate 2 degree of freedom to translational motion and 1 degree of freedom to rotational motion.