Abstract:Origami-inspired robotic grippers have shown promising potential for object manipulation tasks due to their compact volume and mechanical flexibility. However, robust capture of objects with random shapes in dynamic working environments often comes at the cost of additional actuation channels and control complexity. Here, we introduce a tendon-driven, robust origami tentacle gripper by exploiting a synergy between local, deterministic deformation programming and global, stochastic entanglements. Each tentacle features carefully placed holes (for routing an actuation tendon), origami creases, and a tapered shape. By tailoring these design features, one can prescribe the shrinking, bending, and twisting deformation, eventually creating deterministic coiling with a simple tendon pull. Then, when multiple coiling tentacles are placed in proximity, stochastic entanglement emerges, allowing the tentacles to braid, knot, and grip objects with random shapes. We derived a simulation model by integrating origami mechanics with Cosserat rods to correlate origami design, tentacle deformation, and collective grasping performance. Then, we experimentally tested how these entangling origami tentacles can grasp objects under gravity and in water. A stow-and-release deployment mechanism was also tested to simulate in-orbit grasping. Overall, this entanglement-enabled tentacle gripper presents a route toward robust object grasping with simple design and actuation.
From: Ziyang Zhou [view email]
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