An under-actuated whippletree mechanism gripper based on multi-objective design optimization with auto-tuned weights

Y Tanaka, Y Shirai, Z Lacey, X Lin… - 2021 IEEE/RSJ …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Y Tanaka, Y Shirai, Z Lacey, X Lin, J Liu, D Hong
2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and …, 2021ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current rigid linkage grippers are limited in flexibility, and gripper design optimality relies on
expertise, experiments, or arbitrary parameters. Our proposed rigid gripper can
accommodate irregular and off-center objects through a whippletree mechanism, improving
adaptability. We present a whippletree-based rigid under-actuated gripper and its
parametric design multi-objective optimization for a one-wall climbing task. Our proposed
objective function considers kinematics and grasping forces simultaneously with a …
Current rigid linkage grippers are limited in flexibility, and gripper design optimality relies on expertise, experiments, or arbitrary parameters. Our proposed rigid gripper can accommodate irregular and off-center objects through a whippletree mechanism, improving adaptability. We present a whippletree-based rigid under-actuated gripper and its parametric design multi-objective optimization for a one-wall climbing task. Our proposed objective function considers kinematics and grasping forces simultaneously with a mathematical metric based on a model of an object environment. Our multi-objective problem is formulated as a single kinematic objective function with auto-tuning force-based weight. Our results indicate that our proposed objective function determines optimal parameters and kinematic ranges for our under-actuated gripper in the task environment with sufficient grasping forces.
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