A survey of methods and strategies for high-precision robotic grasping and assembly tasks—Some new trends

R Li, H Qiao - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Grasping and assembly are essential tasks in high-precision robotic manipulation for
industrial manufacturing as well as for home service applications. Many efforts have been …

Design and evaluation of a robotic apple harvester using optimized picking patterns

L Bu, C Chen, G Hu, A Sugirbay, H Sun… - Computers and Electronics …, 2022 - Elsevier
A robotic apple harvester consisting of a mobile platform, a manipulator, an end-effector, a
stereo camera, and a host computer was constructed and evaluated using two picking …

A panoramic survey on grasping research trends and topics

M Graña, M Alonso, A Izaguirre - Cybernetics and Systems, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Grasping and object manipulation is a key element of intelligent behavior. Many innovative
cyberphysical systems involve some kind of object grasp and manipulation, to the extent that …

Precision grasp using an arm-hand system as a hybrid parallel-serial system: A novel inverse kinematics solution

S Qiu, MR Kermani - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present a novel inverse kinematics (IK) solution for a robotic arm-hand
system to achieve precision grasp. This problem is kinematically over-constrained and to …

Effect of fruit and hand characteristics on thumb–index finger power-grasp stability during manual fruit sorting

X Chen, Z Li, Y Wang, J Liu - Computers and electronics in agriculture, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a logistic regression analysis approach to quantitatively investigate
the effect of fruit characteristics, hand dimensions and interaction parameters between fruit …

A new approach for grasp quality calculation using continuous boundary formulation of grasp wrench space

S Qiu, MR Kermani - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we aim to use a continuous formulation to efficiently calculate the well-known
wrench-based grasp metric proposed by Ferrari and Canny which is the minimum distance …

Grasp and stress analysis of an underactuated finger for proprioceptive tactile sensing

M Abdeetedal, MR Kermani - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and evaluation of a new sensorized underactuated self-
adaptive finger. The design incorporates a two-degrees-of-freedom link-driven …

Precision fingertip grasp: A human-inspired grasp planning and inverse kinematics approach for integrated arm–hand systems

S Qiu, MR Kermani - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a human-inspired approach to solve grasp planning and inverse
kinematics (IK) problems, simultaneously. Our proposed solution is for integrated arm–hand …

A visual grasping strategy for improving assembly efficiency based on deep reinforcement learning

Y Wang, S Zhu, Q Zhang, R Zhou, R Dou… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The adjustment times of the attitude alignment are fluctuated due to the fluctuation of the
contact force signal caused by the disturbing moments in the compliant peg‐in‐hole …

An open-source integration platform for multiple peripheral modules with Kuka robots

M Abdeetedal, MR Kermani - CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an open-source software interface for the integration of a Kuka robot
with peripheral tools and sensors, KUI: Kuka User Interface. KUI is developed based on …