Simba Robot, Simba

Simba Robot is a smart modular robot that modular continuum arm has independent actuation units for each module, to increase maintainability, a soft reconfigurable hand, for a better adaptation of the fingers to objects of different shapes and size, and a moving base for increasing the work-space. The SIMBA (Soft Compliant Manipulator for Broad Applications) manipulator can grasp and manipulate by grasping objects with different fragility, geometry, and size up to 2 kg. Simba robot has three main hardware components: 

• a soft gripper for grasping
• a modular soft continuum arm for bending, lifting, and in general for performing manipulation
• a prismatic slider for forward or backward movements 

Arm and gripper are tendon-driven mechanisms actuated by DC gear motors, and both these robot components incorporate reconfigurability in their design, a feature that improves grasping and manipulation in unstructured environments.

Specifications (Simba Robot)

Product:

• Country: Italy 
• Company: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia