Varieties of robotic grippers are developed with high flexibility and multi-functional approaches. In this paper, the study is an innovative approach of a gripper for handling variable size, shape and weight of unpacked food products i.e. ‘Vacuum Gripper of Robots’ which is working on Bernoulli Principle for generating a high-speed flow between the gripper plate and product surface thereby crea...

In space application, it is of great interest the development of autonomous or semi-autonomous robotic devices that can substitute the astronauts in routine operations in order to free them from repetitive tasks and reduce mission costs. In this work, an experimental setup based on a 6 degrees of freedom (dof) manipulator with a 3 dof gripper designed for a possible application within PaT, the ...

We describe a learning-based approach to handeye coordination for robotic grasping from monocular images. To learn hand-eye coordination for grasping, we trained a large convolutional neural network to predict the probability that task-space motion of the gripper will result in successful grasps, using only monocular camera images and independently of camera calibration or the current robot pos...

This paper discusses a fuzzy logic control system designed to determine, regulate and maintain the amount of suction needed by a robotic gripper system to perform reliable limp material manipulation. A neuro-fuzzy approach is followed to determine the amount of desired suction (depending on experimentally derived data and plant characteristics). A knowledge-based valve controller is then design...

A robotic cell−a manufacturing system widely used in industry−contains two or more robot-served machines, repetitively producing a number of part types. In this paper, we consider scheduling of operations in a bufferless dual gripper robotic cell processing multiple part types. The processing constraints specify the cell to be a flowshop. The objective is to determine the robot move sequence an...

In advanced robotics applications, as those foreseen in space, some degree of dexterity and autonomy is necessary in order to safely and successfully execute tasks in unstructured environments. For this purpose, besides the kinematic configuration of the device other basic issues are the sensorial equipment and proper control strategies. This paper presents an experimental activity for the vali...

The robotic gripper is the end-effector of a robot system which is usually installed on a robot arm [1]. Since the gripper is the executor unit of a robot, it plays an important role in the application of robots. Technologies used in the grippers have been developed over the years for consumer products and specialized applications such as electronics, fields related to medicine and biology like...

This paper presents the mechanical-workings and gripping performance characteristics of a vacuum-based robotic gripper. The gripper uses multiple ports with attached commercial suction cups to grasp objects from a variety of directions using suction power. The valves remain closed until opened by a hinge-based mechanism, in order to eliminate vacuum leakage. The ability for the valves to be act...