The BarrettHand grasper – programmably flexible part handling and assembly
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- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Industrial Robot: the international journal of robotics research and application
- Vol. 27 (3) , 181-188
- https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910010371597
Abstract
This paper details the design and operation of the BarrettHand BH8‐250, an intelligent, highly flexible eight‐axis gripper that reconfigures itself in real time to conform securely to a wide variety of part shapes without tool‐change interruptions. The grasper brings enormous value to factory automation because it: reduces the required number and size of robotic workcells (which average US$90,000 each – not including the high cost of footprint) while boosting factory thoughput; consolidates the hodgepodge proliferation of customized gripper‐jaw shapes onto a common programmable platform; and enables incremental process improvement and accommodates frequent new‐product introductions, capabilities deployed instantly via software across international networks of factories.Keywords
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