GRIPPER JAW WITH TACTILE SENSOR AND GRIPPING DEVICE WITH ONE OR MORE SUCH GRIPPER JAWS
A gripper jaw to grip an object, the jaw having a gripping surface with a recess therein, the jaw including: a tactile sensor with a sensor surface and a sensor thickness integrated in the recess in a z-direction, wherein the sensor includes: a base arranged lowermost in the recess, a sensor array a...
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Zusammenfassung: | A gripper jaw to grip an object, the jaw having a gripping surface with a recess therein, the jaw including: a tactile sensor with a sensor surface and a sensor thickness integrated in the recess in a z-direction, wherein the sensor includes: a base arranged lowermost in the recess, a sensor array arranged on the base with a plurality of taxels being sensitive elements arranged over an area of the base, the taxels configured to detect externally applied forces along the z-direction, wherein each taxel is reversibly deformable, and an elastic layer arranged above and overlapping the array, the layer acting as a mechanical low-pass filter and, in an unloaded state, having a layer thickness, wherein an outwardly facing surface of the layer forms a partial area of the sensor surface, wherein the sensor integrated in the recess projects with the sensor surface beyond the gripping surface in the z-direction. |
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