Wearable Roller Rings to Augment In-Hand Manipulation through Active Surfaces

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Main Authors: Webb, Hayden, Chanrungmaneekul, Podshara, Yuan, Shenli, Hang, Kaiyu
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Published: 2024
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author Webb, Hayden
Chanrungmaneekul, Podshara
Yuan, Shenli
Hang, Kaiyu
author_facet Webb, Hayden
Chanrungmaneekul, Podshara
Yuan, Shenli
Hang, Kaiyu
contents In-hand manipulation is a crucial ability for reorienting and repositioning objects within grasps. The main challenges in this are not only the complexity of the computational models, but also the risks of grasp instability caused by active finger motions, such as rolling, sliding, breaking, and remaking contacts. This paper presents the development of the Roller Ring (RR), a modular robotic attachment with active surfaces that is wearable by both robot and human hands to manipulate without lifting a finger. By installing the angled RRs on hands, such that their spatial motions are not colinear, we derive a general differential motion model for manipulating objects. Our motion model shows that complete in-hand manipulation skill sets can be provided by as few as only 2 RRs through non-holonomic object motions, while more RRs can enable enhanced manipulation dexterity with fewer motion constraints. Through extensive experiments, we test the RRs on both a robot hand and a human hand to evaluate their manipulation capabilities. We show that the RRs can be employed to manipulate arbitrary object shapes to provide dexterous in-hand manipulation.
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spellingShingle Wearable Roller Rings to Augment In-Hand Manipulation through Active Surfaces
Webb, Hayden
Chanrungmaneekul, Podshara
Yuan, Shenli
Hang, Kaiyu
Robotics
In-hand manipulation is a crucial ability for reorienting and repositioning objects within grasps. The main challenges in this are not only the complexity of the computational models, but also the risks of grasp instability caused by active finger motions, such as rolling, sliding, breaking, and remaking contacts. This paper presents the development of the Roller Ring (RR), a modular robotic attachment with active surfaces that is wearable by both robot and human hands to manipulate without lifting a finger. By installing the angled RRs on hands, such that their spatial motions are not colinear, we derive a general differential motion model for manipulating objects. Our motion model shows that complete in-hand manipulation skill sets can be provided by as few as only 2 RRs through non-holonomic object motions, while more RRs can enable enhanced manipulation dexterity with fewer motion constraints. Through extensive experiments, we test the RRs on both a robot hand and a human hand to evaluate their manipulation capabilities. We show that the RRs can be employed to manipulate arbitrary object shapes to provide dexterous in-hand manipulation.
title Wearable Roller Rings to Augment In-Hand Manipulation through Active Surfaces
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13132