J. Schmalz Gmbh

Trumpf Werkzeugmaschinen Gmbh + Co. Kg

Aline Defranceski

Thomas Eisele

Walter Dunkmann

Jonas Mast

Harald Kuolt

Hermann Reinisch

Marcus Eberle

Florian Fritz

Bernd Heinzmann

Matthias Frey

Simon Eisele

Klaus-Dieter Schwabenthan

Walter Schaaf

Herman Huber

Feras Alzoubi

The invention relates to a method for gripping an object by a handling system, including a robot with at least one robot arm, a gripping device which is connected to the robot arm and has a pneumatically operated suction gripper having an elastically deformable contact portion for contact with an outer surface of the object to be gripped, an identifier for identifying the outer surface of the object to be gripped and a controller which interacts with the identifier and is designed to control the robot.

Method for gripping an object and suction gripper

The invention relates to a method for monitoring a functional state of a pressure-driven actuator which comprises an actuator compartment defined at least in portions by a flexibly deformable wall, the actuator being actuated by applying pressure to the actuator compartment by means of an operating pressure supply, a work process being carried out to actuate the actuator, which process is accompanied by the actuator transitioning from a starting configuration to an end configuration. The pressure the pressure applied to the actuator compartment is measured depending on time by means of a sensor apparatus during the transition from the starting configuration to the end configuration. The invention also relates to a pressure-driven actuator.

Method for monitoring functional states a pressure driven actuator and pressure-actuatable actuator

A method for the handling of flexible and/or mat-like workpieces () with a holding device () comprising the steps of: picking up the workpiece () from an initial configuration with activated gripping devices (); and displacing the gripping devices () relative to each other to deform the workpiece () into a desired freeform, further wherein the holding force before or during the displacement of the gripping devices () is reduced on each gripping device () so that the first sections () of the workpiece () during its deformation slide along the contact surface () and the second sections () of the workpiece () are fixed by the gripping devices () on the bearing surface ().

Method for handling flexible mat-like workpieces

A holding device () having a plurality of gripping devices () which are arranged displaceable relative to each other on a support structure () in such manner that by their displacement gripping devices () are adjustable to a free-form surface. The support structure () comprises a plurality of mutually associated movable support elements () on which are arranged gripping devices (), wherein a plurality of support elements () are arranged in a row and are connected to form a carrying chain () such that the carrying chain () is form-adjustable by the movement of the support elements () relative to each other.

Holding device for gripping workpieces with complex shapes or deformable surfaces

A gripper apparatus includes a receiving surface which faces an object for gripping purposes, and includes at least one electroadhesion section, which has at least one electrode, for exerting an electroadhesion force on the object. In order to reliably grip and hold an object, provision is made for the electroadhesion section for bearing against the object to be gripped to project beyond the receiving surface in the direction of the object which is to be gripped in such a way that a space which adjoins the receiving surface and the electroadhesion section is formed, and that the electroadhesion section is designed such that it can be deformed in such a way that it can be matched to the shape of the object which is to be gripped when it bears against said object.

Gripper apparatus

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