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Me3403-Robotics and Machine Vision System

This document provides an overview of robot end effectors and different types of grippers. It discusses the main types of end effectors including grippers and tools. It describes various types of grippers such as mechanical, suction, magnetic, and adhesive grippers. Mechanical grippers are discussed in more detail, including unilateral and multilateral grippers. The document also covers mechanical gripper mechanisms such as linkage, gear and rack, cam, and screw actuation. Pneumatic grippers and considerations for gripper force analysis are also summarized. References for further reading on the topic are provided at the end.

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Me3403-Robotics and Machine Vision System

This document provides an overview of robot end effectors and different types of grippers. It discusses the main types of end effectors including grippers and tools. It describes various types of grippers such as mechanical, suction, magnetic, and adhesive grippers. Mechanical grippers are discussed in more detail, including unilateral and multilateral grippers. The document also covers mechanical gripper mechanisms such as linkage, gear and rack, cam, and screw actuation. Pneumatic grippers and considerations for gripper force analysis are also summarized. References for further reading on the topic are provided at the end.

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ME3403-ROBOTICS AND MACHINE

VISION SYSTEM

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ROBOT END EFFECTORS

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Unit-2 Syllabus

Robot End effectors: Introduction- types of End


effectors- Mechanical gripper- types of gripper
mechanism- gripper force analysis- other types of
gripper- special purpose grippers.

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Consider typical robots

What could a robot do without “end effectors”?

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End effector

 Device that attaches to the wrist of the robot arm and


enables the general-purpose robot to perform a specific
task.
Two types:
Grippers – to grasp and manipulate objects (e.g., parts)
during work cycle

Tools – to perform a process, e.g., spot welding, spray


painting

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Unilateral vs Multilateral Gripper
Unilateral– only one point or surface is touching the object
to be handled. (fig 1)
Example : vacuum pad gripper & Electro magnetic gripper

Multilateral – more than two points or surfaces touching the


components to be handled (fig.a)

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Gripper
End-effector that holds or grasp an object (in assembly, pick
and place operation and material handling) to perform some
task.

Four Major Types of gripper


1.Mechanical
2.Suction or vaccum cups
3.Magnetised gripper
4.Adhesives

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Mechanical Gripper
 It is an end effector that uses mechanical fingers actuated by a
mechanism to grasp an object.
Two ways of constraining part in gripper
1. Physical construction of parts within finger. Finger encloses
the part to some extent and thereby designing the contact
surface of finger to be in approximate shape of part geometry.
2. Holding the part is by friction between fingers and workpart.
Finger must apply force that is sufficient for friction to retain
the part against gravity.

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Mechanical Gripper
 To resist the slippage, the gripper must be designed to exert a
force that depends on the weight of the part, coeff of friction
and acceleration of part.

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Mechanical Gripper

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Mechanical Gripper Mechanism
Two ways of gripper mechanism based on finger movement
1.Pivoting movement – Eg. Link actuation
2.Linear or translational movement – Eg. Screw and cylinder

Four ways of gripper mechanism based on kinematic devices


1.Linkage actuation
2.Gear and rack actuation
3.Cam actuation
4.Screw actuation

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Mechanical Gripper Mechanism
1. Linkage actuation

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Mechanical Gripper Mechanism
2. Gear and rack actuation

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Mechanical Gripper Mechanism
3. Cam actuation

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Mechanical Gripper Mechanism
4. Screw actuation

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Pneumatic or air operated Gripper
 Equipped with roller membrane cylinder with a rolling motion
replacing conventional piston cylinder.
 This motion is transmitted to fingers by means of lever
mechanism.
 The grippers are actuated by switching valves in the circuit.
 The finger stroke is limited by end stops or workpiece to be
gripped.

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Gripper force analysis

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Adhesive Gripper

 Used to handle fabrics and light weight materials


 Adhesive substance can be used for grasping action.
 One contact surface is needed.
 The reliability is diminished with successive operation.
 It is used to lift light weight object.

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References:(Books/Periodicals/Journals)
Textbooks
1.M. P. Groover, Industrial Robotics - Technology, programming
and Applications, Tata McGraw-Hill
2.Publishing Company. Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.
3.K. S. Fu, R. C. Gonzalez and C. S. G. Lee, Robotics Control,
Sensing, Vision and Intelligence, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2003.
 
References
1.D. Richard, Klafter A. Thomas, Chmielewski and Michael Negin,
Robotics Engineering – An Integrated Approach, Prentice Hall of
India, New Delhi, 2009. 19

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