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Compliant TPU moving jaw for a hobby-arm gripper

A TPU replacement for a hobby arm's moving jaw, with a matching wrist part, that conforms to what it grips.

Compliant finger or jawVisual onlyNot an entrantApache-2.0

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Facts

Kind
Compliant finger or jaw
Class
Open hardware (buildable)
Capabilities
  • pinchholds a part between two opposed tips or pads
Mount
The hobby arm's stock gripper (replaces the moving jaw).ISO pattern: none (own interface)

Specifications

SpecValueBasisSource
MaterialTPU (flexible)Derivedderived from the files or the model

Simulation

Status
Visual onlyVisual only (no physics)
Fidelity
n/a (no physics)
Reason
The jaw's compliance is not modelled yet (a pseudo-rigid finger chain is planned); a rigid copy would misstate it.
Tournament
Not an entrantThe jaw's compliance is not modelled yet (a pseudo-rigid finger chain is planned); a rigid copy would misstate it.

Licence

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

Files

FileTypeSizeLicenceChanged
compliant_moving_jaw.stlassets/effectors/library/jaw-compliant-tpu/print/compliant_moving_jaw.stlPrint file586.5 kBApache-2.0as upstream
compliant_wrist_part.stlassets/effectors/library/jaw-compliant-tpu/print/compliant_wrist_part.stlPrint file651.8 kBApache-2.0as 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.

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