Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 27, 2020 - May 30, 2020
The flexibility is an important factor for a robot system that cooperates with human. In order to realize both softness and high output force in a robotic gripper, we developed a prototype of the soft robotic gripper that is driven by a hydraulic pump. The gripper consists of two fingers made by a 3D printer, fabricating hard resin and rubber-like materials simultaneously. We aim to put high pressure on the finger using a hydraulic pump to hold heavy loads in industry areas. An experimental result demonstrated that the prototype currently could hold a 654 kg object.
