Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper

This paper presents a novel truss-shaped variable-stiffness deployable robotic grasper to grasp large unknown objects, the grasper comprises a series of basic modules and has the advantages of a large workspace, adjustable stiffness, and a high deploy/fold ratio. First, detailed mechanism designs of...

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Main Authors: Changqing Gao, Jiahao Wang, Xiaojun Yang, Bing Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9116965/
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author Changqing Gao
Jiahao Wang
Xiaojun Yang
Bing Li
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Bing Li
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description This paper presents a novel truss-shaped variable-stiffness deployable robotic grasper to grasp large unknown objects, the grasper comprises a series of basic modules and has the advantages of a large workspace, adjustable stiffness, and a high deploy/fold ratio. First, detailed mechanism designs of the grasper and variable-stiffness joint are introduced, and a mobility analysis and variable stiffness analysis are conducted. Second, the structural analysis of the basic module is carried out, by which several major indices, including deploy/fold ratio, grasping angle, deployment angle, grasping torque, and deployment torque, can be calculated. Third, kinematic analysis is presented to provide the workspace and kinematic simulation, and then the joint trajectory planning based on fifth-order polynomial is also conducted. Fourth, the condition of stable grasp is analyzed and a mathematical model of grasping motion is established. Adam optimization algorithm is then applied to optimization of the mathematical model and a grasping simulation is performed with objects of various sizes and for various working states of the variable-stiffness joint. Finally, a simple physical prototype is fabricated, and variable-stiffness experiments and grasping experiments confirm that the proposed grasper shows excellent grasping performance.
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spelling doaj.art-3fec6ec3e17940a8b233dcc4ab2683eb2022-12-21T23:25:57ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01811294411295610.1109/ACCESS.2020.30024349116965Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic GrasperChangqing Gao0Jiahao Wang1Xiaojun Yang2Bing Li3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5055-8921State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, ChinaThis paper presents a novel truss-shaped variable-stiffness deployable robotic grasper to grasp large unknown objects, the grasper comprises a series of basic modules and has the advantages of a large workspace, adjustable stiffness, and a high deploy/fold ratio. First, detailed mechanism designs of the grasper and variable-stiffness joint are introduced, and a mobility analysis and variable stiffness analysis are conducted. Second, the structural analysis of the basic module is carried out, by which several major indices, including deploy/fold ratio, grasping angle, deployment angle, grasping torque, and deployment torque, can be calculated. Third, kinematic analysis is presented to provide the workspace and kinematic simulation, and then the joint trajectory planning based on fifth-order polynomial is also conducted. Fourth, the condition of stable grasp is analyzed and a mathematical model of grasping motion is established. Adam optimization algorithm is then applied to optimization of the mathematical model and a grasping simulation is performed with objects of various sizes and for various working states of the variable-stiffness joint. Finally, a simple physical prototype is fabricated, and variable-stiffness experiments and grasping experiments confirm that the proposed grasper shows excellent grasping performance.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9116965/Deployable mechanismtruss-shaped robotic graspervariable-stiffness jointgrasping analysis
spellingShingle Changqing Gao
Jiahao Wang
Xiaojun Yang
Bing Li
Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper
IEEE Access
Deployable mechanism
truss-shaped robotic grasper
variable-stiffness joint
grasping analysis
title Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper
title_full Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper
title_fullStr Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper
title_full_unstemmed Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper
title_short Design and Analysis of a Novel Truss-Shaped Variable-Stiffness Deployable Robotic Grasper
title_sort design and analysis of a novel truss shaped variable stiffness deployable robotic grasper
topic Deployable mechanism
truss-shaped robotic grasper
variable-stiffness joint
grasping analysis
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9116965/
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