Soft Hands for Grasping and Manipulation

S Hirai - Handbook on Soft Robotics, 2024 - Springer
This chapter focuses on soft robotic hands. Soft hands composed of or involving soft
materials exhibit adaptability and flexibility in object grasping and manipulation. First, we …

Grasping State and Object Estimation of a Flat Shell Gripper by Strain and Proximity Measurement using a Single Capacitance-Based Sensor

T Matsuno, R Miyagoshi, K Shimizu… - 2022 IEEE 5th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, a method to estimate grasping state and object of a flat shell gripper with single
capacitance-based sensor is presented. The strain and proximity are measured by using a …

Analysis of Soft Contact in Force Sensing and Elastic Jumping

T Matsuno, S Hirai - Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This study focuses on the mechanical contact between a soft body and the environment,
referred to as soft contact. First, the soft contact between an object and a soft capacitive …