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The paper presents the constructive re-design of a modular microgripper equipped with metamorphic fingertips. The experimental tests on the first prototype of the microgripper has shown that the adoption of the metamorphic fingertips permits to increase remarkably the grasping efficiency; nevertheless, the tests have highlighted some operative drawbacks. The proposed constructive re-design is oriented to increase the reliability and to make easier the tuning and maintenance operations.
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Bruzzone, L., Bozzini, G. (2010). Constructive Redesign of a Modular Metamorphic Microgripper. In: Parenti Castelli, V., Schiehlen, W. (eds) ROMANSY 18 Robot Design, Dynamics and Control. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 524. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0277-0_4
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