Micro hand with two rotational fingers and manipulation of small objects by teleoperation

  • Kenji Inoue*
  • , Tamio Tanikawa
  • , Tatsuo Arai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A micro hand consisting of two rotational fingers is proposed. Each finger has 4 DOF: 3-DOF translation and 1-DOF rotation around the finger's axis. Two fingers grasp a small object and translate it in 3D space by moving themselves in the same direction. They can rotate the object by moving themselves back and forth in the opposite direction. Rotating the fingers around their own axes in the same direction makes it possible to rotate the object around another axis. Rotating the fingers in the opposite direction leads to move up and down the object between the fingers. Virtual stick method for teleoperation of this micro hand is also proposed. A human operator commands the 3-DOF translation and 2-DOF rotation of the grasped object using a PHANTOM omni-device, as if he directly grasps and manipulates the stick which is virtually fixed to the object. The commanded motion of the object is converted to the motions of the two fingers, which are input to the controllers of the fingers. As a preliminary experiment of the proposed micro hand, two rotations of a small spherical object of 2 [mm] diameter are tested using two 2-DOF fingers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2008, with Symposium on "COE for Education and Research of Micro-Nano Mechatronics"
Pages97-102
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2008, with Symposium on "COE for Education and Research of Micro-Nano Mechatronics", Symposium on "System Cell Engineering by Multi-scale Manipulation" - Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 6 Nov 20089 Nov 2008

Publication series

Name2008 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2008

Conference

Conference2008 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS 2008, with Symposium on "COE for Education and Research of Micro-Nano Mechatronics", Symposium on "System Cell Engineering by Multi-scale Manipulation"
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNagoya
Period6/11/089/11/08

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