FLEXIBLE GRIPPER MANUFACTURING AND SIMULATION BASED ON 3D PRINTING
A flexible gripper combining 3D printing and electromechanical control system is presented.The thermodynamic behavior of shape memory polymer is used to action resetting after motor drive controls grasping.The gripper is fabricated using photopolymerization with high cycle-life shape memory polymers.Experimental results show that shape memory polymers with 10wt% crosslinker and 1 wt%~1.5wt% photo-initiators exhibit excellent performance with nearly 100% full recovery, fixity and stability of the shape memory properties within seconds.Besides, a numerical model is established and the simulation results are validated.Using an electromechanical control system, the flexible gripper is easily controlled to grasp objects while maintaining the grasping force, thus proving a future perspective for biomedical and soft robotic applications.
3D printing Shape memory polymer Electromechanical Flexible Grippe
An TONG Jian-ying HU Ming-hua ZHANG Yuan JIN Jian-ke DU
School of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211,CHINA
国际会议
哈尔滨
英文
68-72
2019-01-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）