MECHATRONIC PIEZOELECTRIC GRABBER Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC B25J15/08 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: grabber comprises fingers fixed on a base and arranged in the form of bimorph piezoelectric actuators connected to a control device comprising a microcontroller, analogue-digital and digital-analogue converters. The control device is equipped with a module to switch modes of grabber operation, besides, digital-analogue converters and analogue-digital converters are connected via a module of modes switching to each bimorph piezoelectric actuator separately. The microcontroller of the control device is connected via a communication port to an upper level computer.

EFFECT: simplified design, increased reliability and improved functional capabilities of the grabber.

2 cl, 5 dwg