A Literature Review on Non-Contact Handling of Porous Flexible Materials using Bernoulli Principle

In this study, an extensive research has been done about grippers working with the Bernoulli principle and applicationd fields. In automated production processes grasping devices and methods play a crucial role in the handling of many products. The application of automation for handling of non-rigid products are relatively limited due to lack of appropriate gripper. Most of the robot grippers are not easily applicable due to this type of products are often non-rigid, delicate, porous and easily marked. In this study, robot grippers work with principles of non-contact are introduced. These non-contact grippers are used to handle non-rigid products with variable size, shape and weight. The non-contact gripper operate using Bernoulli principle of generating a highspeed flow between the end effector and object surface thereby creating a vacuum which lifted the product. At the end of the study, suggestions were made about future studies on these grippers