A Variable Stiffness Electroadhesive Gripper Based on Low Melting Point Alloys.

Chaoqun Xiang, Wenyi Li, Yisheng Guan

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Design and Experiment Investigation on Soft Grippers with Modular Variable Stiffness Structure.Micromachines · 2023
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Chaoqun XiangJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Special Robot Technology, Hohai University, Changzhou Campus, Changzhou 213022, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6357-806X

Wenyi LiJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Special Robot Technology, Hohai University, Changzhou Campus, Changzhou 213022, China.

Yisheng GuanJiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Special Robot Technology, Hohai University, Changzhou Campus, Changzhou 213022, China.

Funding

the "Hundred Young Talents Program" scientific research project of Guangdong University of Technology QB2112the Natural Science Foundation of China 51975126the Natural Science Foundation of China 52105010the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2022A1515010327

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electroadhesive grippers can be used to pick up a wide range of materials, and those with variable stiffness functionality can increase load capacity and strength. This paper proposes an electroadhesive gripper (VSEAF) with variable stiffness function and a simple construction based on low melting point alloys (LMPAs) with active form adaptation through pneumatic driving. Resistance wires provide active changing stiffness. For a case study, a three-fingered gripper was designed with three electroadhesive fingers of varied stiffness. It is envisaged that these electroadhesive grippers with variable stiffness would extend the preparation process and boost the use of electroadhesion in soft robot applications.

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electroadhesionsoft electroadhesivesoft grippersoft pneumatic grippervariable stiffness

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PMID36365463

DOI10.3390/polym14214469

PMCPMC9657554

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