A new exchangeable hand system for portable manipulators

Abstract

We present an exchangeable hand system designed for portable manipulators. It is developed for achieving lightness in weight especially at the end of a robot arm to improve performance and safety of a complete manipulation system. We prepared several end effectors with simple functions that can be used interchangeably. We describe concepts and details of our system including a new exchanger mechanism and a new versatile hand called WitchHand.