The invention discloses a
thumb mechanism of a five-finger
manipulator, and belongs to the field of robots. The device mainly comprises a finger bending
assembly, a finger inward swinging
assembly and a finger around-
wrist rotating
assembly. The finger bending gear set is composed of a plurality of straight gears meshed in sequence. According to the mechanical
thumb, the finger bending assembly, the finger inward swinging assembly and the finger around-
wrist rotating assembly are combined to one mechanical
thumb, three-degree-of-freedom actions including the finger bending action, the finger inward swinging action and the finger around-
wrist rotating action can be achieved on one mechanical thumb at the same time, and the size of the mechanical thumb is reduced. A connecting rod in a transmission mechanism of the finger bending assembly is a corrugated elastic connecting rod, so that a
bending joint of a mechanical thumb has elasticity, energy generated by
impact can be absorbed to protect a driving motor, the service life of the motor is prolonged, and meanwhile, a mechanical thumb grabbing structure has self-adaptability in the grabbing process; the action area of the
manipulator and a grabbed object is increased, and the grabbing stability of the
manipulator is improved.