2016
Design of a spherical robot arm with the Spiral Zipper prismatic joint
ICRA 2016
A novel prismatic joint called a Spiral Zipper is used to create a 3DOF robot arm in a spherical robot configuration. The Spiral Zipper can be very compact as it has a large extension to compression ratio. An initial prototype has shown a ratio of over 14:1. The Spiral Zipper is very strong in compr