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Rail-guided parallel gripper with swappable jaws

A printed parallel gripper on miniature linear rails for a hobby arm; it reuses the arm's jaw servo and takes custom jaws.

Parallel gripperVisual onlyNot an entrantMIT

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Facts

Kind
Parallel gripper
Class
Open hardware (buildable)
Capabilities
  • pinchholds a part between two opposed tips or pads
Mount
A hobby arm's wrist, reusing its jaw servo.ISO pattern: none (own interface)

Specifications

SpecValueBasisSource
Guidanceminiature linear railsSourcedSource

Simulation

Status
Visual onlyVisual only (no physics)
Fidelity
n/a (no physics)
Reason
Articulated design without an upstream simulation model; building one needs a joint specification checked against the CAD.
Tournament
Not an entrantArticulated design without an upstream simulation model; building one needs a joint specification checked against the CAD.

Licence

Licence rating: green. Full attribution: see the credits page.

Files

FileTypeSizeLicenceChanged
bottom.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/bottom.stlPrint file657.7 kBMITas upstream
gear2.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/gear2.stlPrint file89.0 kBMITas upstream
gear3.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/gear3.stlPrint file41.7 kBMITas upstream
gripper_left.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/gripper_left.stlPrint file100.1 kBMITas upstream
gripper_right.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/gripper_right.stlPrint file99.9 kBMITas upstream
panel_back.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/panel_back.stlPrint file409.0 kBMITas upstream
panel_front.stlassets/effectors/library/gripper-2f-rail-jaws/print/panel_front.stlPrint file292.3 kBMITas upstream

Each file links to its copy in the repository. Licence texts sit next to them in LICENSES/. What changed is on the credits page.

Upstream

Linked, not mirrored

What, and whySizeLink
Assembly CAD (6.5 MB): linked, not mirrored.6.5 MBPinned file
Gear print file: linked to keep the repository small.1.6 MBPinned file
Motor gear print file: linked to keep the repository small.2.3 MBPinned file
Jaw carrier print file: linked to keep the repository small.1.3 MBPinned file