Gripper Gear Transmission Eliminates Dead Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current robot grippers face issues with safety due to potential dead angles in motion, unbalanced forces leading to increased resistance and reduced efficiency, and complexity in design, which can result in operator injury and equipment damage, and also suffer from wear and maintenance challenges.
Innovation Solution
A gripper with a gear transmission mechanism is developed, featuring a gear set with a fixed, intermediate, and fingertip gear, where the gear carrier is rotatably connected to the case, allowing for precise and efficient movement of fingertips, eliminating dead angles and ensuring uniform force distribution, thus enhancing safety and reducing wear.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional gripper mechanism is used, then the structure is simple, but dead angles in motion create safety hazards and operator injury risks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical linkage system with a gear transmission system. The gear set includes a fixed gear, intermediate gear, and fingertip gear that work together to eliminate dead angles in motion. This substitution maintains structural simplicity while significantly improving safety by ensuring continuous motion control without dead zones where operator injury could occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediate gear as a mediator between the fixed gear and the fingertip gear. This intermediate element enables smooth power transmission and eliminates direct mechanical linkages that create dead angles. The intermediate gear acts as a buffer that ensures continuous, controlled motion throughout the gripping cycle, improving safety without requiring complete redesign of the entire mechanism.
2Productivity
If a traditional gripper mechanism is used, then the design is simple, but unbalanced forces lead to increased resistance and reduced efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical linkage system with a gear transmission system. The gear set includes a fixed gear, intermediate gear, and fingertip gear that work together to eliminate dead angles in motion. This substitution maintains structural simplicity while significantly improving safety by ensuring continuous motion control without dead zones where operator injury could occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediate gear as a mediator between the fixed gear and the fingertip gear. This intermediate element enables smooth power transmission and eliminates direct mechanical linkages that create dead angles. The intermediate gear acts as a buffer that ensures continuous, controlled motion throughout the gripping cycle, improving safety without requiring complete redesign of the entire mechanism.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If a traditional gripper mechanism is used, then the structure is simple, but wear and maintenance challenges reduce longevity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical linkage system with a gear transmission system. The gear set includes a fixed gear, intermediate gear, and fingertip gear that work together to eliminate dead angles in motion. This substitution maintains structural simplicity while significantly improving safety by ensuring continuous motion control without dead zones where operator injury could occur.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediate gear as a mediator between the fixed gear and the fingertip gear. This intermediate element enables smooth power transmission and eliminates direct mechanical linkages that create dead angles. The intermediate gear acts as a buffer that ensures continuous, controlled motion throughout the gripping cycle, improving safety without requiring complete redesign of the entire mechanism.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The gear transmission configuration provides a safe, efficient, and accurate grasping mechanism with reduced maintenance needs, preventing operator injury and equipment damage, while ensuring high transmission precision and longevity.
Implementation Method 1
The gear set includes a fixed gear, an intermediate gear and a fingertip gear that are engaged in sequence
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a gripper and a robot. The gripper includes a case, a plurality of gripping assemblies respectively assembled to the case, and a driving assembly configured to move the plurality of gripping assemblies. Each gripping assembly is provided with a fingertip at an end portion, and fingertips of the gripper are configured to cooperate with each other for grasping. Each gripping assembly further includes a gear set and a gear carrier rotatably connected to the case. The gear set includes a fixed gear, an intermediate gear and a fingertip gear engaged in sequence. The fixed gear is fixedly connected to the case, and the fingertip gear is fixedly connected to the fingertip. The intermediate gear and the fingertip gear are mounted to the gear carrier and respectively rotatably connected to the gear carrier. The driving assembly is configured to rotate the gear carrier.