3 accepted papers
This letter investigates the effect of the surface texture of soft deformable fingertips on the maximum resistible force under dry and wet conditions, and proposes a new hybrid structure that provides a stable grasp under both conditions. One definition of stable grasp is the capability of balancing
This paper presents methodologies for dexterous manipulation by an underactuated robotic soft gripper with a low DOF. While the softness and passive joints provide a stable grasp, the manipulations become challenging owing to the complexities of modeling and state estimation. To investigate the draw…
A novel robotic gripper with soft surfaces and underactuated joints was proposed. The soft surface was fabricated from a deformable rubber bag filled with incompressible fluid and a microgripper inside the fluid. A ratchet was installed at the underactuated joint so that the joint's rotation caused