Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System

The paper presents an innovative soft gripper system designed for automated assembling operations. The novel robotic soft gripper utilizes a linear pneumatic muscle as its motor, due to its inherently compliant behavior. This renders redundant the deployment of sensors or complex controllers, due to...

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Main Authors: Andrea Deaconescu, Tudor Deaconescu
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/13/2/86
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description The paper presents an innovative soft gripper system designed for automated assembling operations. The novel robotic soft gripper utilizes a linear pneumatic muscle as its motor, due to its inherently compliant behavior. This renders redundant the deployment of sensors or complex controllers, due to its mechanical system that ensures the desired adaptive behavior. Adaptivity is attained by adjusting the air pressure in the pneumatic muscle, monitored and controlled in a closed loop by means of a proportional pressure regulator. The kinematic diagram and the functional and constructive models of the gripper system are presented. The developed forces were measured followed by the calculation of stiffness and compliance. The paper concludes with recommendations for the operation of the gripper.
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spelling doaj-art-cdec769262b344909482e86d4296e8c12025-08-20T02:45:30ZengMDPI AGTechnologies2227-70802025-02-011328610.3390/technologies13020086Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper SystemAndrea Deaconescu0Tudor Deaconescu1Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, RomaniaDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brasov, RomaniaThe paper presents an innovative soft gripper system designed for automated assembling operations. The novel robotic soft gripper utilizes a linear pneumatic muscle as its motor, due to its inherently compliant behavior. This renders redundant the deployment of sensors or complex controllers, due to its mechanical system that ensures the desired adaptive behavior. Adaptivity is attained by adjusting the air pressure in the pneumatic muscle, monitored and controlled in a closed loop by means of a proportional pressure regulator. The kinematic diagram and the functional and constructive models of the gripper system are presented. The developed forces were measured followed by the calculation of stiffness and compliance. The paper concludes with recommendations for the operation of the gripper.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/13/2/86soft gripperpneumatic musclecompliance
spellingShingle Andrea Deaconescu
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Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System
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soft gripper
pneumatic muscle
compliance
title Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System
title_full Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System
title_fullStr Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System
title_full_unstemmed Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System
title_short Compliant Parallel Asymmetrical Gripper System
title_sort compliant parallel asymmetrical gripper system
topic soft gripper
pneumatic muscle
compliance
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/13/2/86
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