Grasping device
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsHitoshi YASUI, Shungo FUJITA, Dyta ITOI
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Abstract
A fluid pressure actuator used as the grasping device 1 includes a cylindrical tube that expands and contracts under the pressure of a fluid, and a sleeve having a stretchable structure in which fiber cords oriented in a predetermined direction are woven and that covers an outer peripheral surface of the tube. A tip portion of the fluid pressure actuator is provided with a spoon-shape housing portion, and a partition plate that closes an opening surface of the housing portion when the fluid pressure actuator is non-curved or curved.
Claims7
A grasping device using a plurality of fluid pressure actuators that are curved during contraction, wherein
- the fluid pressure actuators are a flexible soft actuator,
- A spoon-shaped housing portion is provided at a tip portion of each of the fluid pressure actuators, and
- a partition plate is provided to close an opening surface of the housing portion when the fluid pressure actuator is non-curved or curved.
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