TY - GEN
T1 - Ceiling continuum arm with extensible pneumatic actuators for desktop workspace
AU - Yukisawa, Taigo
AU - Nishikawa, Satoshi
AU - Niiyama, Ryuma
AU - Kawahara, Yoshihiro
AU - Kuniyoshi, Yasuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/5
Y1 - 2018/7/5
N2 - We propose an extensible pneumatic continuum arm that elongates to perform reaching movements and object grasping, and is suspended on the ceiling to prevent interference with human workers in a desktop workspace. The selected actuators with bellows aim to enhance the arm motion capabilities. A single actuator can provide a maximum tension force of 150 N, and the proposed arm has a three-segment structure with a bundle of three actuators per segment. We measured the three-dimensional motion at the arm tip by using an optical motion-capture system. The corresponding results show that the arm can grasp objects with approximate radius of 80 mm and reach any point on the desktop. Furthermore, the maximum elongation ratio is 180%, with length varying between 0.75 m and 2.1 m. Experiments verified that the arm can grasp objects of various sizes and shapes. Moreover, we demonstrate the vertical transportation of objects taking advantage of the arm extensibility. We expect to apply the proposed arm for tasks such as grasping objects, illuminating desktops, and physically interacting with users.
AB - We propose an extensible pneumatic continuum arm that elongates to perform reaching movements and object grasping, and is suspended on the ceiling to prevent interference with human workers in a desktop workspace. The selected actuators with bellows aim to enhance the arm motion capabilities. A single actuator can provide a maximum tension force of 150 N, and the proposed arm has a three-segment structure with a bundle of three actuators per segment. We measured the three-dimensional motion at the arm tip by using an optical motion-capture system. The corresponding results show that the arm can grasp objects with approximate radius of 80 mm and reach any point on the desktop. Furthermore, the maximum elongation ratio is 180%, with length varying between 0.75 m and 2.1 m. Experiments verified that the arm can grasp objects of various sizes and shapes. Moreover, we demonstrate the vertical transportation of objects taking advantage of the arm extensibility. We expect to apply the proposed arm for tasks such as grasping objects, illuminating desktops, and physically interacting with users.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2018.8404919
DO - 10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2018.8404919
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050666470
T3 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2018
SP - 196
EP - 201
BT - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1st IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2018
Y2 - 24 April 2018 through 28 April 2018
ER -