{"id":1030,"date":"2025-06-05T13:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2025-06-05T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:57:49","slug":"topologisch-optimierter-flexibler-3d-gripper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/topologisch-optimierter-flexibler-3d-gripper\/","title":{"rendered":"Topologically optimized flexible 3D gripper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1031\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/files\/2025\/06\/3D_flexibler-Greifer_2-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How can objects be gripped safely and gently at the same time &#8211; without any traditional joints?<\/p>\n<p>With this 3D-printed prototype, we demonstrate how topological optimization and compliant mechanisms together open up new paths in robotic gripping.<br \/>\nThe design is based on flexible structures that can be strongly deformed through targeted geometry adjustment &#8211; ideal for adapting to spherical objects, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Objective:<br \/>\n&#8211; Maximization of the contact surfaces<br \/>\n&#8211; Even distribution of forces<br \/>\n&#8211; Reduction of damage to the object<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to additive manufacturing and computer-aided design, complex, high-performance structures could be implemented that would be almost impossible to realize using conventional methods.<\/p>\n<p>Contact person:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.igmr.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/igmr\/das-institut\/team\/~thtzs\/estefania-hermoza-llanos-m-sc\/?allou=1&amp;mobile=1\">Estefania Hermoza Llanos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can objects be gripped safely and gently at the same time &#8211; without any traditional joints? With this 3D-printed prototype, we demonstrate how topological optimization and compliant mechanisms together [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3799,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"c2c_always_allow_admin_comments":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,63,126],"tags":[160,66,154],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-additive-fertigung","category-additive-manufacturing","category-greiferentwicklung","tag-additive-fertigung","tag-additive-manufacturing","tag-greiferentwicklung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/robotik\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}