MODULAR FINGERTIPS FOR SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240173870A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18524901

    申请日:2023-11-30

    发明人: Michael BASSETT

    IPC分类号: B25J15/00 B25J9/14 B25J15/04

    摘要: Exemplary embodiments pertain to soft robotic actuators configured to receive modular fingertips. The fingertips may be provided at the distal end of a standardized actuator. The actuator's distal tip may be sized and shaped to correspond to a proximal end of the modular fingertip. A backing plate may be provided in a reservoir of the actuator in order to spread the load of a fastener that can be inserted through the reservoir and backing plate and into one or more holes that pass through the material of the actuator and into the modular fingertip. For purposes of reducing bacterial harborage points, the holes may extend only partway through the modular fingertip without extending entirely through it. In other embodiments, the fastener may be inserted into the fingertip and secured to the actuator. A sealing bead may be provided between the distal tip of the actuator and the fingertip.

    GRIPPING HAND
    9.
    发明申请
    GRIPPING HAND 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190202070A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US16218939

    申请日:2018-12-13

    申请人: FANUC CORPORATION

    摘要: This gripping hand has a base member and a number of fingers arranged about an axis line passing through the base member, wherein each of the fingers has a flexible finger part having flexibility and a finger base member for supporting the basal end side of the flexible finger part, the gripping hand is provided with a number of link mechanisms that are supported by the base member and that support the respective number of finger base members, and each of the link mechanisms allows the finger base member supported thereby to move relative to the base member such that the orientation of the finger base member supported thereby does not substantially change relative to the base member.

    MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190193283A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:US16215695

    申请日:2018-12-11

    摘要: Exemplary embodiments provide modular robotic systems that allow one or more operation parameters of a robotic actuator, or group of actuators, to be dynamically configured or reconfigured. The operation parameters may be, for example, the X, Y, and/or Z position of the actuator or group of actuators with respect to other actuators, the arrangement of the actuator(s) into an array or matrix, the rotation or pitch of an actuator, the distance between actuators, the grip strength or grip surface of an actuator, etc. Accordingly, the same robotic manipulator(s) may be used for multiple purposes in multiple different contexts, manipulators can be swapped out on-the-fly, and robotic systems may be dynamically reconfigured to perform new tasks.