Monolithic Pneumatic Gripper
SolidWorksSilicone CastingMold DesignSoft RoboticsLaser Cutting
Single-piece silicone gripper fabricated via open-mold casting using laser-cut acrylic tooling, with integrated flexure hinges that enable compliant bending through tendon actuation.
- Designed a flexure-based silicone actuator in SolidWorks
- Created laser-cut acrylic open mold compatible with silicone casting
- Calculated material volume and mold cavity geometry
- Fabricated molds via laser cutting and acrylic assembly
- Cast silicone elastomer and evaluated tendon-based bending response