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This paper details the design and operation of the BarrettHand TM BH8–282, an intelligent, highly flexible eight-axis gripper that reconfigures itself in real time to conform securely to a wide variety of part shapes without tool-change interruptions. The grasper brings value to automation because it: reduces the required number and size of robotic workcells while boosting throughput; consolidates the hodgepodge proliferation of customized gripper-jaw shapes onto a common programmable platform; and enables incremental process improvement and accommodates frequent new-product introductions, capabilities deployed instantly via software across international networks of factories.
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Townsend, W.T. (2019). BarrettHand Grasper: Programmably Flexible Part Handling and Assembly. In: Goswami, A., Vadakkepat, P. (eds) Humanoid Robotics: A Reference. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6046-2_87
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