I like it! I’ve bought some servos, as soon as I receive them I will create one gripper. I have a question: is it a problem for the servo to “force” when you say to it “close!” and when it grips on? I mean is it necessary to add a touch detection, to avoid problem with the servo?
Thanks for making this idd love too see it when its done!
Answer: the servo might break the gripper if your paperclip is too stiff. but if you have a “springy” paperclip or use a (metal) guitar string the it will force the spring to hold onto the object. Thats why the “servo-arm” is “bend like this” in the video
and yeah, the shape is important. if you had a stiff straight arm on the servo it would break itself or the object.
its “only” got 1k views on youtube and i allready recive a video of a prototype :D thats awesome! you can add a little -//-ish shape on the paperclip to make it even more springy if you need to
Now I will just wait for the others servos, which are smaller, and I will make a new smaller gripper, maybe with plastic instead of wood, because it is not working so good: I think I have made too big holes, it is not very right…
It was a prototype of a prototype I will try the _///_ish shape ^^
EDIT: to save space in my DropBox account, the video of my gripper is now available here. I’m still working on it, because it needs a lot of calibration =)