Sai Sourya Varenya Kovvali

GraspMan - A Novel Robotic Platform with Grasping, Manipulation, and Multimodal Locomotion Capability

In this paper, we present the design of a novel, hybrid multipurpose robotic platform equipped with a pair of graspers to synergize grasping, manipulation, and locomotion. The multipurpose grasper consists of two underactuated fingers with an active gripping surface, which passively conforms to an o…