• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.174-184
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• 1997

This paper presents a robust force tracking control of a smart flexible gripper featured by a piezoceramic actuator characterizing its durability and quick response time. A mathematical governing equation for the proposed gripper structure is derived by employing Hamilton's principle and a state space control model is subsequently obtained through model analysis. Uncertain system parameters such as frequency variation are included in the control model. A sliding mode control theory which has inherent robustness to the sys- tem uncertainties is adopted to design a force tracking controller for the piezoceramic actuator. Using out- put information from the tip force sensor, a full-order observer is constructed to estimate state variables of the system. Force tracking performances for desired trajectories represented by sinusoidal and step func- tions are evaluated by undertaking both simulation and experimental works. In addition, in order to illustrate practical feasibility of the proposed method, a two-fingered gripper is constructed and its performance is demonstrated by showing a capability of holding an object.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.541-558
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• 2014

This paper proposes a new design of shape memory alloy (SMA) wire actuated gripper for open mode operation. SMA can generate smooth muscle movements during actuation which make them potentially good contenders in designing grippers. The principle of the shape memory alloy gripper is to convert the linear displacement of the SMA wire actuator into the angular displacement of the gripping jaw. Steady state analysis is performed to design the wire diameter of the bias spring for a known SMA wire. The gripper is designed to open about an angle of $22.5^{\circ}$ when actuated using pulsating electric current from a constant current source. The safe operating power range of the gripper is determined and verified theoretically. Experimental evaluation for the uncontrolled gripper showed a rotation of $19.97^{\circ}$. Forced cooling techniques were employed to speed up the cooling process. The gripper is simple and robust in design (single movable jaw), easy to fabricate, low cost, and exhibits wide handling capabilities like longer object handling time and handling wide sizes of objects with minimum utilization of power since power is required only to grasp and release operations.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2024

The ability of the robot gripper to handle a wide range of objects significantly impacts its operational effectiveness. Among the robot grippers commonly used, the economically feasible choice is the relatively simple structure of a parallel gripper. To perform more densely packed tasks with a parallel gripper, it should be capable of handling small objects. Therefore, this study designs a parallel gripper mechanism equipped with assisting grippers to ensure smooth grasping of small objects. The parallel gripper is designed using a rack and pinion gear system, with two additional grippers on both side, and these assisting grippers are designed to be detachable. The two assisting grippers have different type of tip to grasp thin fabric shapes and thin stick shapes. The gripper prototype is used to verify the grasping capabilities for shapes achievable with a conventional parallel gripper and those intended for grasping with the assisting grippers through grasping experiments. Consequently, by equipping a conventional parallel gripper with assisting grippers as in this study, it becomes capable of handling a broader range of objects, in addition to its existing functionality.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose a new approach to design and control a smart gripper of robot system. A control method for flexible grasping a object in partially unknown environment was proposed, where a proximate sensor detecting the distance between the fingertip and object was used. Based on the proximate sensor signal the finger motion controller could plan the grasping process divided in three phases. The first step is scanning process which two first joints were moved to mid-position of the detected range by a state-variable feedback position controller, after the scanning was finished. The contact force of fingertip was then controlled using the detection sensor of the servo controller for finger joint control. The proposed grasping planning was tested on rectangular bar.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2022

최근 드론의 역할은 농업∙건설∙물류등의 다양한 영역으로 확대되고 있으며 특히 농업인구가 고령화되는 현 상황에 따라 드론은 노동력 부족 문제를 해결할 효과적인 대안으로 떠오르고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 농업 현장에서의 부족한 노동력을 보완하고 높은 위치의 과일도 안전하게 수확할 수 있는 드론 탑재형 과일수확 시스템을 제안한다. 과일수확 시스템은 과일인식 알고리즘과 과일수확 메커니즘으로 구성되어 있다. 과일인식 알고리즘은 딥러닝 기반의 객체탐지 알고리즘인 You Only Look Once를 사용하였고, 가상 시뮬레이션 환경을 구축하여 가능성을 검증하였다. 또한, 하나의 모터로 구동이 가능한 과일수확 메커니즘을 제안하였다. 모터의 회전운동을 기반으로 Scotch yoke을 구동시켜 선형운동으로 변환하여 gripper가 전개된 상태에서 과실에 접근 후 과실을 잡고 돌려 수확하는 메커니즘이다. 제안된 메커니즘에 대한 다물체동역학 해석을 수행하여 구동 가능성을 검증하였다.