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This paper presents an underactuated finger mechanism that is able to conduct both self-adaptive grasping and natural motions, such as flexion and extension. The robotic finger is realized with a three degrees-of-freedom mechanism composed of stackable four-bar linkages and contractible slider-cranks having a linear spring in each mechanism layer. Kinematics and static force analysis are performed...
Body-powered prosthetic terminal devices fall into two main categories: voluntary-closing devices, which require the user to exert a force to maintain a grasp, and voluntary opening devices, which generally utilize springs to close and maintain a force. As a result, voluntary-closing devices often have a locking feature that allows the user to relax and transport objects while maintaining a firm grip...
This paper designs a new underactuated robotic finger using a special transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism consists of a set of gears and a spring to produce connected motions and adaptive curling when the finger moves in free space and when it contacts with the environment, respectively. The connected motion is realized by kinematic constraints of the joints instead of the static equilibrium...
This paper presents a new, detailed dynamics model of a novel type of actuators based on tendons with integrated springs that allows for offline adjustment of the stiffness characteristics. Like other cable or belt actuators, the elastic tendon actuator allows to radically reduce the link inertia by placing the motors near the robot base. But by additionally integrating springs in the tendons, the...
The demands of mobile manipulation are leading to a new class of multi-fingered hands with a premium on being lightweight and robust as well as being able to grasp and perform basic manipulations with a wide range of objects. A promising approach to addressing these goals is to use compliant, underactuated hands with selectively lockable degrees of freedom. This paper presents the design of one such...
A robotic tendon is modeled and the stiffness of the spring is tuned so that the spring power reduces the peak motor power and energy required for ankle gait. When determining stiffness from gait literature, it is usually assumed that one side of the spring is fixed. We assume that the spring is translating to derive a second method to calculate stiffness. By choosing a tuned spring based on a “dynamic...
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