Orientation controller, mechanical arm, gripper and components thereof
AssigneeAriel-University Research and Development Company Ltd.
InventorsNir Schvalb, Boaz Ben Moshe, Alon Vardimon, Barak Shamur
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Abstract
A jointed mechanism including a segment coupled to a joint; and an elongated component coupled to the segment, where applying a pulling force to the elongated component rotates the segment around the joint, elastically deforming the elongated component; wherein the elastic deformation generates an elongated component elastic force sufficient to rotate the segment, in an opposite direction, in absence of the pulling force.
Claims24
A mechanical gripper comprising:
- an articulated mechanism comprising:
- a segment coupled to a joint;
- and
- an elongated component coupled to said segment, where applying a pulling force to said elongated component rotates said segment around said joint elastically deforming by bending said elongated component;
- wherein said elastically deforming by bending generates an elongated component elastic force sufficient to rotate said segment, in an opposite direction, in absence of said pulling force.
A method of movement of a mechanical gripper comprising an articulated mechanism, the method comprising:
- pulling and elastically deforming by bending an elongated component coupled to a segment, where pulling rotates said segment;
- and
- releasing and elastically relaxing said elongated component to rotate said segment in an opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.