The DLR CLASH hand - a soft gripper for commercial food handling
The DLR CLASH hand was presented recently at the AUTOMATICA 2018 (Munich) for a food handling scenario. The hand is developed within the EU-Project Soma (grant number H2020-ICT-645599). It is equipped with variable stiffness, the same technology which is used for the Awiwi hand of DLR's humanoid David. The hand is especially optimized for grasping a broad variety of fruits and vegetables; stiffness can be adapted according to the characteristics of the picked item. We think that the application of variable stiffness for soft robotic hands allows for a reliable and gentle grasping of delicate groceries. The CLASH hand has 3 fingers and 7 degrees of freedom in total, driven by 8 motors that allow separate tuning of grasping force and stiffness. The costs of the CLASH hand is kept low thanks to modularity, 3D-printed parts, off-the-shelf RC servo motors and Arduino boards. For questions please contact werner.friedl(at)dlr.de .
The DLR CLASH hand - a soft gripper for commercial food handling
The DLR CLASH hand - a soft gripper for commercial food handling
The DLR CLASH hand was presented recently at the AUTOMATICA 2018 (Munich) for a food handling scenario. The hand is developed within the EU-Project Soma (grant number H2020-ICT-645599). It is equipped with variable stiffness, the same technology which is used for the Awiwi hand of DLR's humanoid David. The hand is especially optimized for grasping a broad variety of fruits and vegetables; stiffness can be adapted according to the characteristics of the picked item. We think that the application of variable stiffness for soft robotic hands allows for a reliable and gentle grasping of delicate groceries. The CLASH hand has 3 fingers and 7 degrees of freedom in total, driven by 8 motors that allow separate tuning of grasping force and stiffness. The costs of the CLASH hand is kept low thanks to modularity, 3D-printed parts, off-the-shelf RC servo motors and Arduino boards. For questions please contact werner.friedl(at)dlr.de .
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