Analysis and Simulation of Silicone Soft Body Agricultural Manipulator
With the rapid development of modern agriculture,more importance is attached to the ability of agricultural picking manipulators to grasp fruits.Fruit picking is an important step in fruit harvesting,and its quality directly affects the price and saleability of the product.Therefore,a simple soft silicone manipulator was initiated and its fingers were designed and analysed for gripping ability.Through the force analysis,it was learnt that the use of a three-jaw form could significantly increase the gripping capacity by 2.87 times,and the overall energy utilisation was increased by 1052%,thus reducing energy consumption and improving economy.This mechanical claw effectively reduces the energy consumption under the premise of ensuring safe gripping,which makes it perform better in terms of economy.