Kota Morino — accepted AI-conference papers

2021

Variable-Grasping-Mode Gripper With Different Finger Structures For Grasping Small-Sized Items

Tetsuyou Watanabe, Kota Morino, Yoshitatsu Asama, Seiji Nishitani, Ryo Toshima

RA-L 2021

This letter presents a novel small gripper capable of grasping various types of small-sized items from flat surfaces for the assembly of small devices. Using a single actuator, the proposed gripper realizes two grasping modes: parallel-grip and turn-over modes. The gripper's mode can be switched via

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2020

Sheet-Based Gripper Featuring Passive Pull-In Functionality for Bin Picking and for Picking Up Thin Flexible Objects

Kota Morino, Shiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Chikagawa, Masakazu Izumi, Tetsuyou Watanabe

RA-L 2020

This letter presents a novel versatile parallel gripper equipped with a sheet-embedded belt that enables passive pull-in operations. The belt is wrapped around each fingertip of the gripper, and it passively moves with the opening and closing motions of the gripper. The fingertip is made of plastic,

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