Title :
A new exchangeable hand system for portable manipulators
Author :
Saito, F. Uminori ; Nagata, Kazuyuki
Author_Institution :
Intelligent Syst. Inst., AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We present an exchangeable hand system designed for portable manipulators. It is developed for achieving lightness in weight especially at the end of a robot arm to improve performance and safety of a complete manipulation system. We prepared several end effectors with simple functions that can be used interchangeably. We describe concepts and details of our system including a new exchanger mechanism and a new versatile hand called WitchHand
Keywords :
manipulators; WitchHand; end effectors; exchangeable hand system; portable manipulators; robot arm; safety; Arm; Control systems; End effectors; Grasping; Grippers; Humans; Intelligent robots; Intelligent systems; Manipulators; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6612-3
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2001.976306
