Shoya Shimizu

Versatile Variable-Stiffness Scooping End-Effector: Tilting-Scooping-Transfer Mechanism for Objects with Various Properties

To address the setup and changeover time issues in high-mix, low-volume production systems, we developed an end-effector capable of uniformly scooping, holding, and transporting a wide variety of objects, and demonstrated this system with prototype. Our experiments showed that the prototype was succ…