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A Dexterous Soft Robotic Hand for Delicate In-Hand Manipulation

Abondance, Sylvain  
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Teeple, Clark B.
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Wood, Robert J.
October 1, 2020
Ieee Robotics And Automation Letters

In this letter, we show that soft robotic hands provide a robust means of performing basic primitives of in-hand manipulation in the presence of uncertainty. We first discuss the design of a prototype hand with dexterous soft fingers capable of moving objects within the hand using several basic motion primitives. We then empirically validate the ability of the hand to perform the desired object motion primitives while still maintaining strong grasping capabilities. Based on these primitives, we examine a simple, heuristic finger gait which enables continuous object rotation for a wide variety of object shapes and sizes. Finally, we demonstrate the utility of our dexterous soft robotic hand in three real-world cases: unscrewing the cap of a jar, orienting food items for packaging, and gravity compensation during grasping. Overall, we show that even for complex tasks such as in-hand manipulation, soft robots can perform robustly without the need for local sensing or complex control.

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DOI
10.1109/LRA.2020.3007411
Web of Science ID

WOS:000552652100013

Author(s)
Abondance, Sylvain  
Teeple, Clark B.
Wood, Robert J.
Date Issued

2020-10-01

Publisher

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC

Published in
Ieee Robotics And Automation Letters
Volume

5

Issue

4

Start page

5502

End page

5509

Subjects

Robotics

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in-hand manipulation

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soft robot applications

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dexterous manipulation

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finger gaits

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design

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