ANALYSIS OF INCREASING THE FRICTION FORCE OF THE ROBOT JAWS BY ADDING 3D PRINTED FLEXIBLE INSERTS

3D printing technology plays a key role in the production of prototypes and final functional parts. The ability to produce almost any shape using this combination with lightweight materials is often used minimise weight designed components. However, for some applications, such as robot gripper jaws, conventional most commonly materials, PLA, may be unsuitable due their low coefficient friction on material manipulated object, which cases cause object slip jaws. This article describes technical problem from practice, where made steel slipped printed PLA jaws during its working cycle. work devoted increasing force by adding soft inserts. Two insert surface shapes two flexible TPU 30D TPE 88 are tested. increase measured measuring device an industrial sensor. suitable type inserts then tested collaborative at required results experiment intended help designers source information or inspiration designing similar applications.