Clothes manipulation by robot rippers with roller fingertips

• Main Authors: Sahari K.S.M., Seki H., Kamiya Y., Hikizu M.
• Other Authors: 57218170038
• Format: Article
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Deformable object; Edge tracing; Home service robot; Robot gripper; Spreading of clothes; Deformation; Fabrics; Grippers; Mobile robots; Rolling; Sensors; Contact forces; Regrasping; Robot movements; Rolling mechanism; Tracing method; Problem solving

Unfolding or spreading is a very important process in clothes handling in order to sort out whether an item is a shirt, skirt, pants, etc. Spreading of clothes basically involves holding two corners of the clothes next to each other. The problem is finding the two corners. Usage of tracing manipulat...