Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
We propose a novel robot gripper, called Universal Vacuum Chuck (in short, UVC) based on pneumatic soft fingers covered with Universal Vacuum Gripper (in short, UVG). UVG is a vacuum adhesion cup filled with powder in a thin film.This makes it possible to combine the ability to adhere a uneven surface with UVG, and to pinch small and porous objects.We evaluated the adhesion and the gripping force of the proposed gripper. Compared to UVG, UVC improved planar adhesion force, except the uneven surface over 3 mm. Also, when gripping small objects, the gripping power was improved except small sphere.
