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A Variable Stiffness Electroadhesive Gripper Based on Low Melting Point Alloys

Electroadhesive grippers can be used to pick up a wide range of materials, and those with variable stiffness functionality can increase load capacity and strength. This paper proposes an electroadhesive gripper (VSEAF) with variable stiffness function and a simple construction based on low melting p...

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Autores principales: Xiang, Chaoqun, Li, Wenyi, Guan, Yisheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9657554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36365463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14214469
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author Xiang, Chaoqun
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description Electroadhesive grippers can be used to pick up a wide range of materials, and those with variable stiffness functionality can increase load capacity and strength. This paper proposes an electroadhesive gripper (VSEAF) with variable stiffness function and a simple construction based on low melting point alloys (LMPAs) with active form adaptation through pneumatic driving. Resistance wires provide active changing stiffness. For a case study, a three-fingered gripper was designed with three electroadhesive fingers of varied stiffness. It is envisaged that these electroadhesive grippers with variable stiffness would extend the preparation process and boost the use of electroadhesion in soft robot applications.
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spelling pubmed-96575542022-11-15 A Variable Stiffness Electroadhesive Gripper Based on Low Melting Point Alloys Xiang, Chaoqun Li, Wenyi Guan, Yisheng Polymers (Basel) Article Electroadhesive grippers can be used to pick up a wide range of materials, and those with variable stiffness functionality can increase load capacity and strength. This paper proposes an electroadhesive gripper (VSEAF) with variable stiffness function and a simple construction based on low melting point alloys (LMPAs) with active form adaptation through pneumatic driving. Resistance wires provide active changing stiffness. For a case study, a three-fingered gripper was designed with three electroadhesive fingers of varied stiffness. It is envisaged that these electroadhesive grippers with variable stiffness would extend the preparation process and boost the use of electroadhesion in soft robot applications. MDPI 2022-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9657554/ /pubmed/36365463 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym14214469 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9657554/
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