The indirect style under-actuated robotic finger with tendon-slider mechanisms

Long Wang, Wenzeng Zhang, Yuming Ye, Qiang Chen, Dong Du

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Abstract

This paper proposed a novel concept of indirect under-actuation with tendon-slider mechanism. A mechanical finger with the mechanism was designed and integrated into a humanoid robotic hand-TH-2T Hand. The tendon-slider under-actuated finger proves simple but works well. In the design of the finger, the reaction force against a slider in the base segment produced by the grasped object was adopted to make the next segment bend, which relies on a special tendon-slider mechanism. Further, all the five fingers on the TH-2T Hand applies the indirect under-actuated mechanism. Compared with those full-active fingers, the finger and hand designed in this paper have strong self-adaptation to the grasped object; compared with those direct under-actuations, the designed mechanism effectively simplifies the structure, decreases the volume and costs of manufacturing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009
Pages1790-1795
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009 - Guilin, China
Duration: 19 Dec 200923 Dec 2009

Publication series

Name2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period19/12/0923/12/09

Keywords

  • Humanoid robot
  • Indirect under-actuation
  • Robotic hand
  • Self-adaptive grasp
  • Tendon-slider mechanism

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