TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper details the design and operation of the BarrettHand BH8‐250, an intelligent, highly flexible eight‐axis gripper that reconfigures itself in real time to conform securely to a wide variety of part shapes without tool‐change interruptions. The grasper brings enormous value to factory automation because it: reduces the required number and size of robotic workcells (which average US$90,000 each – not including the high cost of footprint) while boosting factory thoughput; consolidates the hodgepodge proliferation of customized gripper‐jaw shapes onto a common programmable platform; and enables incremental process improvement and accommodates frequent new‐product introductions, capabilities deployed instantly via software across international networks of factories.
VL  - 27
IS  - 3
SN  - 0143-991X
DO  - 10.1108/01439910010371597
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910010371597
AU  - Townsend William
PY  - 2000
Y1  - 2000/01/01
TI  - The BarrettHand grasper – programmably flexible part handling and assembly
T2  - Industrial Robot: An International Journal
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 181
EP  - 188
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -