Soft Regrasping Tool Inspired by Jamming Gripper
Regrasping on fixtures is a promising approach to reduce pose uncertainty in robotic assembly, but conventional rigid fixtures lack adaptability and require dedicated designs for each part. To overcome this limitation, we propose a soft jig inspired by the jamming transition phenomenon, which can be continuously deformed to accommodate diverse object geometries. By pressing a triangular-pyramid-shaped tool into the membrane and evacuating the enclosed air, a stable cavity is formed as a placement space. We further optimize the stamping depth to balance placement stability and gripper accessibility. In soft-jig-based regrasping, the key challenge lies in optimizing the cavity size to achieve precise dropping; once the part is reliably placed, subsequent grasping can be performed with reduced uncertainty. Accordingly, we conducted drop experiments on ten mechanical parts of varying shapes, which achieved placement success rates exceeding 80% for most objects and above 90% for cylindrical ones, while failures were mainly caused by geometric constraints and membrane properties. These results demonstrate that the proposed jig enables general-purpose, accurate, and repeatable regrasping, while also clarifying its current limitations and future potential as a practical alternative to rigid fixtures in assembly automation.
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