Gripper with adjustable grip force

Abstract

The article concerns itself with a gripper, which was made primarily by Rapid Prototyping technology (RP). The gripper has been designed and constructed on the Department of Robotics in the SGS project “GRIPPERS FOR MOBILE ROBOTS” under registration number SP-201071. In the article is documented the robot design particularly in terms of functional parts. An important chapter is a methodology of the gripper testing, where gripper parameters and its functional parts made by the RP technology were verified. In the final chapter are presented conclusions on the utilization of 3D printing for functional prototype components.