Novel Additive Manufacturing Pneumatic Actuators and Mechanisms for Food Handling Grippers

Conventional pneumatic grippers are widely used in industrial pick and place robot processes for rigid objects. They are simple, robust and fast, but their design, motion and features are limited, and they do not fulfil the final purpose. Food products have a wide variety of shapes and textures and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carlos Blanes, Martín Mellado, Pablo Beltran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/3/3/205