Design and Analysis of Continuous Rotating Multifunctional Mechanical Gripper

Abstract

This paper presents a novel multifunctional mechanical gripper which can rotate continuously. The mechanical design of the gripper is introduced and its operation modes are given. The gripper can screw hexagon socket head cap screws, press the button besides grip objects because of its special mechanical structure. The kinematics model of the gripper is built, process planning of screwing and grapping are provided. Screwing forces when the gripper operating different size screws are analyzed. These results will be significant for application of industrial automation assembly and field investigation.