Modular Gripping Tool with Adjustable Auxiliary Frames
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gripping tools for manipulator devices have complex structures requiring laborious calibration and are limited to specific item geometries, restricting their versatility and usability.
Innovation Solution
A modular gripping tool with a simple and lightweight structure, utilizing additive manufacturing for gripping devices and adjustable connecting members, allowing for rapid calibration and reconfiguration to accommodate various items and assembly stations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If traditional gripping tools are used, then gripping function is achieved, but structure becomes complex and calibration becomes laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The gripping tool is divided into modular assemblies, each with its own auxiliary frame and gripping devices. This segmentation allows independent calibration of each module and simplifies the overall structure, making the tool easier to assemble, calibrate, and maintain while reducing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support frame is designed with multiple anchoring rings that can accommodate different auxiliary frames and gripping device assemblies. This universal design allows the same basic structure to handle various item geometries and gripping requirements, reducing the need for complex specialized components while maintaining versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional gripping tools are used, then gripping function is achieved, but adaptability to different item geometries is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting members incorporate adjustable elements that allow the auxiliary frames to be repositioned along the support frame's first axis. This dynamic adjustability enables the gripping tool to adapt to different item geometries and positions without requiring complex reconfiguration mechanisms, maintaining structural simplicity while enhancing versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The position of auxiliary frames and gripping devices can be adjusted by changing the parameters of the connecting members, such as the location of anchoring rings and the orientation of angular brackets. This parameter-based adjustment system allows flexible adaptation to different gripping requirements without increasing structural complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A gripping tool, usable on a manipulator device for picking up and handling items includes a support frame extending along a first axis, provided with an attachment element for connecting to the manipulator device; and a plurality of gripping devices distributed in assemblies. Each assembly is carried by a respective auxiliary frame connected to the support frame by means of respective connecting members configured to be able to adjust the auxiliary frames and the gripping devices in position with respect to the support frame.