Design and Analysis of an Origami-Inspired Gripper with Passive Bistable Grasping Capability
摘要
Origami sheds light on the design of mechanisms and robots. In this paper, inspired by an origami structure, an enveloping grasping mechanism is proposed. The origami-inspired grasping mechanism (OIGM) is symmetrically designed and has only one degree-of-freedom (DOF), which can be utilized to develop a gripper that can fully enclose the objects. The kinematic characteristics of the mechanism are analyzed. In particular, we integrate a leaf-spring-based bistable mechanism with the OIGM to design a gripper with a passive bistable grasping capability. Triggered by the impact force between the gripper and the object, the gripper can passively grasp objects. To validate the passive grasping capability of the gripper, a prototype is fabricated and the grasping experiment is conducted.