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Miniature Compliant Grippers With Vision-Based Force Sensing

TitleMiniature Compliant Grippers With Vision-Based Force Sensing
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsReddy, AN, Maheshwari, N, Sahu, DK, Ananthasuresh, GK
JournalIEEE Transactions on Robotics
Volume26
Pagination867-877
Date PublishedOct
ISSN1552-3098
Keywordsaqueous medium, Biological cells, biological cells grasping, Biology computing, Cauchy's problem, compliant miniature grippers, computer vision, displacement measurement, distance measurement, Fabrication, Force, force sensor, force sensors, Fungi, grippers, jaw motions, Manufacturing, Manufacturing processes, manufacturing techniques, mesoscale manufacturing, microgripper, microorganisms, optimisation, optimization, polydimethylsiloxane, Robot sensing systems, spring steel, Springs, springs (mechanical), Testing, topology optimisation, topology optimization, vision based force sensing, vision-based force sensing
Abstract

This paper is concerned with grasping biological cells in aqueous medium with miniature grippers that can also help estimate forces using vision-based displacement measurement and computation. We present the design, fabrication, and testing of three single-piece, compliant miniature grippers with parallel and angular jaw motions. Two grippers were designed using experience and intuition, while the third one was designed using topology optimization with implicit manufacturing constraints. These grippers were fabricated using different manufacturing techniques using spring steel and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The grippers also serve the purpose of a force sensor. Toward this, we present a vision-based force-sensing technique by solving Cauchy's problem in elasticity using an improved algorithm. We validated this technique at the macroscale, where there was an independent method to estimate the force. In this study, the gripper was used to hold a yeast ball and a zebrafish egg cell of less than 1 mm in diameter. The forces involved were estimated to be about 30 and 10 mN for the yeast ball and the zebrafish egg cell, respectively.

DOI10.1109/TRO.2010.2056210