Ferro Robótica · 2022
Bloom Pinza Robótica Branda
by Bio-Inspired Robotics Design Lab
- A' Design Award de Ferro 2022 in Robótica
- CLIENT: Bio-inspired Robotics & Design Laboratory
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 19,474
- Verification code 16AE2110B3 · Verify this award
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About Bloom Pinza Robótica Branda
Bloom é unha pinza robótica branda deseñada para tarefas automatizadas de manipulación e montaxe. A pinza está inspirada na man humana e na floración cíclica da rosa gálica. Bloom está feita de silicona e móvese mediante presión de aire. Unhas retráctiles permiten agarrar con precisión obxectos delgados. Pétalos pregables permiten recoller materiais granulares. Unha palma flexible cambia o ancho de apertura para obxectos grandes. Empréganse presións baixas e seguras para alternar entre os modos de agarre. Bloom pode manipular obxectos delicados con seguridade preto de traballadores humanos.
About the A' Design Award de Ferro
Bloom Pinza Robótica Branda gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Bloom Pinza Robótica Branda sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Bloom Pinza Robótica Branda é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.
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- Unique Properties
- Bloom is a bio-inspired, pneumatically actuated, shape morphing soft robotic gripper that is capable of on-site rapid workspace reconfigurability. It features passive retractable nails, bi-directional foldable petals, and a flexible palm to adapt to various grasping and manipulation tasks. The ability to rapidly reconfigure grasping workspace on-the-fly allows Bloom to perform assembly tasks consisting of highly varying subtasks, a feat previously not possible using conventional rigid or existing soft grippers.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 115 x 115 x 152mm
- Tags
- Soft Robotics, Soft Robots, Bio-Inspired Design, Biomimicry, Robotics, Material Science
- Production Technology
- Design Optimization using FEA, 3D Printing, Silicone Moulding & Casting
- Design Challenge
- Consumer goods, logistics, and food industries have been benefiting from robotic intervention to meet evolving demands. In such industries, reliable robotic handling of food rely on versatile gripper interfaces with comprehensive and adaptive capabilities. Compared to traditional rigid grippers, Bloom, a state-of-the-art soft gripper utilizes compliant soft actuators made using functional hyperelastic materials, allowing it to grasp a wider range of geometries safely and reliably.
- Research
- Silicone and air are both soft materials and are the main components in this soft gripper. Because of this, Bloom is able to interface with soft objects safely and effectively.
Bloom can be used in many circumstances including food preparation and healthcare. Because of its material compliance, it is able to work closely with delicate objects and human coworkers. Thus, narrowing the gap between robots and humans. - Inspiration
- A product of the Bio-Inspired Robotics Design (BRD) Lab at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Bloom was inspired by both the dexterity of the human hand and the intentional cyclic blooming of the Rosa gallica (Gallic Rose). Mimicking the function of the corpus unguis, (human fingernail) Bloom, can grasp objects as thin as 300 microns, large objects as heavy as 1.4kgs, while being able to scoop objects as small as 1.5 millimeters in radius.
- Project Duration
- The project concluded in February 2021, at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
- Operation Flow
- Bloom features retractable nails to help in precision grasping of small and thin objects. An optimized bi-directional flap design allows for scooping actions for granular objects such as grains, jelly or scrambled eggs. A multi-material palm design allows for changing Bloom’s aperture for wide objects. Bloom utilizes low, safe pressures (-80kPa to 60kPa) to switch between and operate the various grasping modes.
- Image Credits
- Snehal Jain
Saikrishna Dontu
Joanne Ee Mei Teoh
Aaron Chooi
Pablo Valdivia Y Alvarado
