Title :
Design and Construction of a Robotic Gripper for Activities of Daily Living for People with Disabilities
Author :
Alqasemi, Redwan ; Mahler, Sebastian ; Dubey, Rajiv
Author_Institution :
Univ. of South Florida, Tampa
Abstract :
A new robotic gripper was designed and constructed for activities of daily living (ADL) to be used with the new wheelchair-mounted robotic arm developed at USF. Two aspects of the new gripper made it unique; one is the design of the paddles, and the other is the design of the actuation mechanism that produces parallel motion for effective gripping. The paddles of the gripper were designed to grasp a wide variety objects with different shapes and sizes that are used in every day life. The driving mechanism was designed to be simple, light, effective, safe, self content, and independent of the robotic arm attached to it.
Keywords :
handicapped aids; medical robotics; patient care; patient rehabilitation; activities of daily living; disabled people; patient rehabilitation; robotic gripper; wheelchair-mounted robotic arm; Arm; Fingers; Grippers; Mechanical engineering; Mobile robots; Prototypes; Rehabilitation robotics; Robotic assembly; USA Councils; Wheelchairs; ADL; Assistive; Gripper; Rehabilitation; Robot;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2007. ICORR 2007. IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1320-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1320-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428461
