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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Aaron Dollar, New Haven, CT (US);
Robert Howe, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Dollar, New Haven, CT (US);
Robert Howe, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-fingered underactuated mechanical grasping system driven by a single actuator, yet can grasp objects spanning a wide range of size, shape, and mass. A member for moving a link relative to a base acts in parallel to a direction of compliance of a joint between the link and the base. The joint has a plurality of degrees of freedom. The number of members for moving links in the grasping system is less than the number of degrees of freedom in the grasping system.