Bio-Inspired Grasping Controller for Sensorized 2-DoF Grippers

Nov 13, 2023 · Research Publication · PAL Robotics · Humanoid

We present a holistic grasping controller, combining free-space position control and in-contact force-control for reliable grasping given uncertain object pose estimates. Employing tactile fingertip sensors, undesired object displacement during grasping is minimized by pausing the finger closing motion for individual joints on first contact until force-closure is established.

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  • Experiments use TIAGo as the physical evaluation platform.
  • The reported results provide an independent evaluation on TIAGo hardware.

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