Tracing Manipulation by Robot Grippers Equipped with Gear Tips

Edge tracing is considered important for deformable object manipulation in order to reveal the original shape of the object, for example during pattern recognition. This paper proposes a unique tracing method for towel spreading which is a deformable object using two robot arms with sensors equipped grippers and a fixed CCD camera. Development of special tools for deformable object manipulation is also considered to be important as well and must consider the properties of the deformable objects. This paper also proposes the development of a unique pair of grippers with gear at the tips for fabric manipulation purposes. The new gripper will allow more flexibility towards fabric manipulation