Lip-Inspired Passive Jamming Gripper with Teeth Structure

Jooyoung Hong, Kazuki Shin, Dhruv C. Mathur, Sankalp Yamsani, Joohee Yim, Joohyung Kim

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a lip-inspired passive jamming gripper by mimicking teeth structures from a dog's oral structure. Animal lips are hydrostatic structures. To mimic the features, which are usually soft but rigid when contacted, we used the passive particle jamming effect. To increase the adaptability of our previous gripper to grasp various shaped objects, we focused on the dogs' oral structure and holding behaviors. Dogs use spaces inside their mouths to hold sticks firmly when moving. The grasping force of the upgraded gripper was improved by generating teeth structures with the mimicked lip structures. Experiments were conducted to demonstrate the grasping ability of the gripper with the teeth structures by comparing it to other types of grippers with cylindrical and cuboid objects of various dimensions. We also showed that the proposed gripper could hold daily kitchen objects better than the previous version gripper by using closing lip-pouches.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4518-4524
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781665491907
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2023 - Detroit, United States
Duration: Oct 1 2023Oct 5 2023

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
ISSN (Print)2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0866

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDetroit
Period10/1/2310/5/23

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Science Applications

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