TY - GEN
T1 - Pneumatic micro-hand actuator for future space manipulation and robotics
AU - Yuan, Jianping
AU - Cook, Ellexis
AU - Li, Xin
AU - Wu, Ke
AU - Suzuki, Toshimune
AU - Romaniello, Charles
AU - Shi, Yong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 by ASME.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Micro and nano technology has demonstrated the capability of creating miniaturized systems leading to significantly reduced mass, volume or power requirements, and therefore reduced cost but more advanced performances. Such micro systems are critical in the development of future space systems such as picosatellites, planetary probes, on-board instruments or nanorovers and swarm micro robotics. A pneumatically driven micro device has been proposed for manipulating and assembling space components or building-up a larger scale system based on individually launched micro robots. The device is a four fingered microhand actuator made of silicon rubber to grasp micro objects utilizing air pressure inside of its internal cavities. The grasp force and tip displacement of the fingers has been simulated using FEM. A prototype has been fabricated to validate its performance and the three-dimensional motion control using piezoelectric sensors to monitor the deflection in the fingers of the device.
AB - Micro and nano technology has demonstrated the capability of creating miniaturized systems leading to significantly reduced mass, volume or power requirements, and therefore reduced cost but more advanced performances. Such micro systems are critical in the development of future space systems such as picosatellites, planetary probes, on-board instruments or nanorovers and swarm micro robotics. A pneumatically driven micro device has been proposed for manipulating and assembling space components or building-up a larger scale system based on individually launched micro robots. The device is a four fingered microhand actuator made of silicon rubber to grasp micro objects utilizing air pressure inside of its internal cavities. The grasp force and tip displacement of the fingers has been simulated using FEM. A prototype has been fabricated to validate its performance and the three-dimensional motion control using piezoelectric sensors to monitor the deflection in the fingers of the device.
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2014-35570
DO - 10.1115/DETC2014-35570
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84961343077
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 19th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 8th International Conference on Micro- andNanosystems
T2 - ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2014
Y2 - 17 August 2014 through 20 August 2014
ER -