scholarly journals Pinching at Fingertips for Humanoid Robot Hand

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Hoshino ◽  
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Ichiro Kawabuchi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Force Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Motor Functions ◽  
Weak Force ◽  
Robot Hands ◽  
Finger Motion

Delicate actions such as picking up paper or a needle with the fingertips – an important function for robot hands – are extremely difficult. We propose a lightweight robot hand based on extracting minimum required motor functions and implementing them in a robot. We also propose a robot hand that realizes appropriate pinching by adding the minimum required degree of supplementary freedom realizable only mechanically. In the robot hand, we focus mainly on adding degrees of freedom for independent finger motion to the terminal joints and a degree of freedom for twisting by the thumb. The results showed that providing the fingertip with a joint with broad force control even with weak force effectively ensures delicate fingertip control in a humanoid robot hand.

Analysis of Hand-Arm Coordinate Motion on Constraint Tasks

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-505
Author(s):  
Shigeki Sugano ◽  
◽  
Hideyo Namimoto ◽  
Ichiro Kato
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Force Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Control Mechanism ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Human Hand ◽  
Human Motion Analysis ◽  
Manipulator Control ◽  
Arm Coordination

This research was conducted to study the control strategy of manipulator based on clarifying the force control mechanism of the human hand-arm by analyzing human constraint tasks with respect to biomechanism. In this paper; we describe an investigation of hand-arm function share. In addition, we apply hand-arm coordination to manipulator control using experimental results of analyzing the human tasks of moving bead balls on a shaft, which is an example of a constraint task with one degree of freedom (d.o.f.). In the human motion analysis, 6 axes of force on the task object are measured and compared in the case of constraining the hands degree of freedom and making hand free as well as in the case of with or without forced displacement along the translational direction during motion. As a result, we found that human work was performed smoothly through absorption of rotational force using hand d.o.f. and translational force using arm d.o.f. Also, it was found that there are the direction of motion and the posture easily absorbable translational force. Finally, we propose to apply the human hand-arm coordination compliance control strategy setting translational compliance by arms and rotational compliance by hands, to manipulator with more than 7 degrees of freedom. Thus, the setting of optional compliance applicable to circumstance and the resulting force control due to this become possible.

Humanoid Robot Hand and its Applied Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruhisa Kawasaki ◽  
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Tetsuya Mouri
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Haptic Interfaces ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Hand Rehabilitation ◽  
Dexterous Manipulation ◽  
Prosthetic Hands ◽  
Application Systems ◽  
Robot Hands

Humanoid robot hands are expected to replace human hands in the dexterous manipulation of objects. This paper presents a review of humanoid robot hand research and development. Humanoid hands are also applied to multifingered haptic interfaces, hand rehabilitation support systems, sEMG prosthetic hands, telepalpation systems, etc. The developed application systems in our group are briefly introduced.

A Modular Approach for Lightweight Humanoid Hand Design Using High Torque Density Electric Actuators

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haotian Cui ◽  
Shuangyue Yu ◽  
Xunge Yan ◽  
Shuo-Hsiu Chang ◽  
Gerard Francisco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Human Hand ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Electric Motors ◽  
Robotic Hands ◽  
Torque Density ◽  
High Torque ◽  
Humanoid Hand

The human hand has extraordinary dexterity with more than 20 degrees of freedom (DOF) actuated by lightweight and efficient biological actuators (i.e., muscles). The average weight of human hand is only 400g [1]. Over the last few decades, research and commercialization effort has been dedicated to the development of novel robotic hands for humanoid or prosthetic application towards dexterous and biomimetic design [2]. However, due to the limitations of existing electric motors in terms of torque density and energy efficiency, the design of humanoid hands has to compromise between dexterity and weight. For example, commercial prosthetic terminal devices i-Limb [3] and Bebionic [4] prioritize the lightweight need (450g) and use 5-DOF motors to under-actuated 11 joints, which is only able to realize a few basic grasp postures. On the other hand, some humanoid robot hand devices like DLR-HIT I & II hands [5] prioritize the dexterity need (15 DOF), but weigh more than four times than their biological counterpart (2200g and 1500g, respectively).

Kinematic Analysis of an Anthropomorphic Robot Hand

2012 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 293-297
Author(s):  
Pramod Kuma Parida ◽  
Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal ◽  
Dhirendra Nath Thatoi
Keyword(s):  
Kinematic Analysis ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Human Hand ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Orthopedic Rehabilitation ◽  
Robot Hands

There has been a continuous effort by researchers to develop multi-fingered robot hands for variety of applications. Some of these hands are meant for industrial applications while thers are used for orthopedic rehabilitation of humans. However the degree of success to develop an anthropomorphic robot hand in close resemblence with a typical human hand has not been satisfactory. In the present work an attempt has been made to design a robot hand having five fingers with 25 degrees of freedom by closly following the anatomy of human hand.The kinematic analysis of the hand offers confirmative results for effective graspingand manipulating objects.

Impedance Control of Space Robots Using Passive Degrees of Freedom in Controller Domain

2005 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pushpraj Mani Pathak ◽  
Amalendu Mukherjee ◽  
Anirvan Dasgupta
Keyword(s):  
Force Control ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
Space Structure ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Robotic Systems ◽  
Stable Method ◽  
Space Robots ◽  
End Effector ◽  
Control Schemes

Impedance control is an efficient and stable method of providing trajectory and force control in robotic systems. The procedure by which the impedance of the manipulator is changed is a very important aspect in the design of impedance based control schemes. In this work, a scheme is presented in which the control of impedance at the interface of the end effector and the space structure is achieved by introduction of a passive degree of freedom (DOF) in the controller of the robotic system. The impedance is shown to depend upon a compensation gain for the dynamics of the passive DOF. To illustrate the methodology, an example of a two DOF planer space robot is considered.

scholarly journals VGS Hand: A Novel Hybrid Grasping Modes Robot Hand with Variable Geometrical Structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luo ◽  
Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Flat Surface ◽  
Geometrical Structure ◽  
Contact Forces ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Robot Hands ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Application Requirements ◽  
Self Adaptive

Robot hand is the device used for robots to interact with the environments, it has many potential applications. Traditional robot hands cannot translate their finger end along a straight line, which makes them not suitable for grasping thin objects on a flat surface. In order to overcome the bottleneck of traditional hands and enlarge the application possibility of robot hands, this paper develops a novel hybrid grasping modes hand with the variable geometrical structure (called VGS hand). The hand consists of 4-DOF (degree of freedom), two actuators and two fingers. It can perform both linear-parallel and self-adaptive grasping modes. Kinematics, dynamics, and contact forces analysis are conducted to provide a theoretical reference for the design. A prototype was manufactured for grasping experiments; the results of the experiments indicate that the hand has a good grasping performance and can meet different application requirements.

Inverse Kinematic Model of Humanoid Robot Hand

2014 ◽  
Vol 611 ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Virgala ◽  
Alexander Gmiterko ◽  
Michal Kelemen ◽  
Ľubica Miková ◽  
Martin Varga
Keyword(s):  
Inverse Kinematics ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Kinematic Model ◽  
Theoretical Aspect ◽  
Optimization Method ◽  
Inverse Kinematic ◽  
Human Hand ◽  
Robot Hand ◽  
Damped Least Squares

Our study deals with inverse kinematic model of humanoid robot hand. It is important for modeling to know biomechanics of biological human hand, what is discussed in the second section. Based on theoretical aspect of kinematic configuration of the hand, the hand consisting of 24 degrees of freedom is assumed. Subsequently, there are four numerical methods of inverse kinematics used, namely pseudoinverse method, Jacobian transpose method, damped least squares and optimization method. Each of them is simulated in software Matlab and the results are compared and discussed. In the conclusion the best method from the view of solution time and number of iteration cycles is evaluated.

scholarly journals Design and Calibration of a Hall Effect System for Measurement of Six-Degree-of-Freedom Motion within a Stacked Column

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3740
Author(s):  
Olafur Oddbjornsson ◽  
Panos Kloukinas ◽  
Tansu Gokce ◽  
Kate Bourne ◽  
Tony Horseman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hall Effect ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Reactor Core ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Life Extension ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
Six Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Six Degree Of Freedom

This paper presents the design, development and evaluation of a unique non-contact instrumentation system that can accurately measure the interface displacement between two rigid components in six degrees of freedom. The system was developed to allow measurement of the relative displacements between interfaces within a stacked column of brick-like components, with an accuracy of 0.05 mm and 0.1 degrees. The columns comprised up to 14 components, with each component being a scale model of a graphite brick within an Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor core. A set of 585 of these columns makes up the Multi Layer Array, which was designed to investigate the response of the reactor core to seismic inputs, with excitation levels up to 1 g from 0 to 100 Hz. The nature of the application required a compact and robust design capable of accurately recording fully coupled motion in all six degrees of freedom during dynamic testing. The novel design implemented 12 Hall effect sensors with a calibration procedure based on system identification techniques. The measurement uncertainty was ±0.050 mm for displacement and ±0.052 degrees for rotation, and the system can tolerate loss of data from two sensors with the uncertainly increasing to only 0.061 mm in translation and 0.088 degrees in rotation. The system has been deployed in a research programme that has enabled EDF to present seismic safety cases to the Office for Nuclear Regulation, resulting in life extension approvals for several reactors. The measurement system developed could be readily applied to other situations where the imposed level of stress at the interface causes negligible material strain, and accurate non-contact six-degree-of-freedom interface measurement is required.

A Low-Cost Hexa Platform for Efficient Force Control Systems Using Industrial Manipulators

2009 ◽  
Vol 147-149 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafal Osypiuk ◽  
Torsten Kröger
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Force Control ◽  
Execution Time ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Industrial Manipulators ◽  
Control Concept ◽  
Six Dof ◽  
Parallel Platform ◽  
Six Degree Of Freedom

This contribution presents a new force control concept for industrial six-degree of freedom (DOF) manipulators, which uses a Hexa platform that provides an active environmental stiffness for all six DOFs. The paper focuses on the Hexa platform and is split into two essential parts: (i) parallel platform construction, and (ii) application of force control with industrial manipulators using a six-DOF environmental stiffness. This mechatronic solution almost gives one hundred percent robustness for stiffness changes in the environment, what guaranties a significant shortening of execution time.

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