Design of a Soft Underwater Gripper With SMA Actuation

Jovana Jovanova; S.C.S. Var

doi:10.1115/SMASIS2023-111702

Design of a Soft Underwater Gripper With SMA Actuation

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Underwater robot tasks pose many challenges for conventional robotic systems. The current rigid robots are limited in their adaptability to the environment and the objects to be manipulated. Soft grasping of objects offers advantages due to the flexibility when dealing with, for example, living organisms, random shaped objects, and coral reefs. Additionally, conventional robotic systems face difficulties when exploring the planet's deep waters due to higher pressures and susceptibility of the often large amount of electronics to underwater conditions. Smart materials such as shape memory alloys can be more advantageous for the actuation of soft robotic underwater grippers because there is less need for complex electronic systems. Therefore, this project explores the use of smart materials for the actuation of a soft robotic underwater gripper. With this aim, three different gripper designs were made and evaluated. Various flexible materials, smart materials, 3D printing settings, numerous gripper configurations, and manufacturing methods are investigated. The gripper is intended to be a maintenance and inspection add-on for an underwater autonomous vehicle.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ASME 2023 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2023
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-7918-8752-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/SMASIS2023-111702
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	16th Annual ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2023 - Austin, United States Duration: 11 Sept 2023 → 13 Sept 2023

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Conference	16th Annual ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	11/09/23 → 13/09/23

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Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

3D printing
compliant mechanisms
shape memory alloys
smart materials
Soft robotics

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Design of a Soft Underwater Gripper With SMA Actuation. / Jovanova, Jovana; Var, S.C.S.
Proceedings of ASME 2023 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2023. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023. v001t06a013.

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