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Stable pinching by controlling finger relative orientation of robotic fingers with rolling soft tips

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2017

Efi Psomopoulou Open the ORCID record for Efi Psomopoulou [Opens in a new window] ,
Daiki Karashima ,
Zoe Doulgeri  and
Kenji Tahara
Efi Psomopoulou
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. E-mail: efipsom@eng.auth.gr
Daiki Karashima
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. E-mails: karashima@hcr.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp, tahara@mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Zoe Doulgeri*
Affiliation:
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. E-mail: efipsom@eng.auth.gr
Kenji Tahara
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. E-mails: karashima@hcr.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp, tahara@mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: doulgeri@eng.auth.gr
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Summary

There is a large gap between reality and grasp models that are currently available because of the static analysis that characterizes these approaches. This work attempts to fill this need by proposing a control law that, starting from an initial contact state which does not necessarily correspond to an equilibrium, achieves dynamically a stable grasp and a relative finger orientation in the case of pinching an object with arbitrary shape via rolling soft fingertips. Controlling relative finger orientation may improve grasping force manipulability and allow the appropriate shaping of the composite object consisted of the distal links and the object, for facilitating subsequent tasks. The proposed controller utilizes only finger proprioceptive measurements and is not based on the system model. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the performance of the proposed controller with objects of different shapes.

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Stable pinchingRelative finger orientationSoft rolling contactFeedback control

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Robotica , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , February 2018 , pp. 204 - 224
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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