3D printing of soft grippers with multimaterial design: towards shape conformance and tunable rigidity

3D printing of soft grippers with multimaterial design: towards shape conformance and tunable rigidity

Grippers with shape conformance and tunable rigidity are often achieved using a combination of soft and rigid structures made of different materials. These grippers are often known as soft grippers. In this review article, various gripper designs with shape conforming ability and stiffness tunabilit...

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Main Authors: Yeong, Wai Yee, Goh, Guo Liang, Goh, Guo Dong, Lee, Samuel, Altherr, Jannick, Tan, Jingyuan, Campolo, Domenico
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Engineering::Mechanical engineering
Additive Manufacturing
Soft Robotics
Multi-Material
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163029
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Grippers with shape conformance and tunable rigidity are often achieved using a combination of soft and rigid structures made of different materials. These grippers are often known as soft grippers. In this review article, various gripper designs with shape conforming ability and stiffness tunability are discussed. In particular, the discussion mainly focuses on the advantages and limitations of each gripper design in terms of the shape conformance and the ease of manufacturability. Then, various 3D printing technologies that are capable of doing multimaterial printing have been introduced. The potential of multimaterial 3D printing of soft and smart grippers has been discussed.

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