Talk:Robot end effector

reasons for page move
Hi all

I have moved this from "Industrial robotic end effector" to "Robot end effector" and have also created a redirect page "Robotic end effector" which comes here.

The reasoning is that the topic is not merely limited to Industrial robots and not to fully robotic systems.

thanks...Chaosdruid (talk)

Force required to grip object
This does not make much sense to me... why does the required force increase when a finger is added? I think it should be the other way round. Same with the friction coefficient. A high coefficient will decrease the force needed. Am I wrong? Kalectro (talk) 01:28, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I think that whole section needs a rewrite to be honest. It's slanted towards friction only grippers rather than retention and encompassing too. (see http://www.omega.com/prodinfo/grippers.html). I also agree that it doesn't make sense for required force to increase if there was an extra "finger", each finger would add its own friction force, thus increasing force available. The second equation also seems iffy to me. Since the coefficient of friction, the mass of the object, and the number of fingers won't change, only the acceleration will. A slight upwards movement should not add 50% to the required force when comparing to a sideways moving object. I think both of these equations should be changed to use the mass of the object, and either corrected, derivations given, or references given. 58.6.128.146 (talk) 05:26, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

End effector vs. end-effector
Hi there,

Question: Is it "end effector" or "end-effector"? I think both ways are used in literature, but which is the correct one?

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urshof (talk • contribs) 08:02, 7 August 2017 (UTC)