Design of a Smart Gripper for Industrial Applications
Aparisi i Escriva, Albert (2016)
2016
Teknisten tieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Engineering Sciences
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2016-08-17
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201608024356
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201608024356
Tiivistelmä
The gripper is the most important part from an industrial robot. This one interacts with the environment that surrounds the robot. Nowadays, the industrial robot grippers have to be tuned and custom made for each application by engineers, searching to get the desired repeatability and behaviour.
This thesis discusses the design of a smart and flexible gripper for industrial activities. This means that the gripper has to be able to sense the environment that surrounds it. For this will be need to choose different sensors for improving its flexibility and function ability. Furthermore, a power tool finger will be added for make the gripper able to use power tools. With all of these the aim is to choose a design that can be able to be more independent than the other grippers that already exist in the industry. Also tries to keep it easy and the low costs.
This thesis also will 3D print a prototype of the results from the design discussions. This prototype would not be functional, it will be for represent the results.
This thesis discusses the design of a smart and flexible gripper for industrial activities. This means that the gripper has to be able to sense the environment that surrounds it. For this will be need to choose different sensors for improving its flexibility and function ability. Furthermore, a power tool finger will be added for make the gripper able to use power tools. With all of these the aim is to choose a design that can be able to be more independent than the other grippers that already exist in the industry. Also tries to keep it easy and the low costs.
This thesis also will 3D print a prototype of the results from the design discussions. This prototype would not be functional, it will be for represent the results.