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Contact-based Grasp Control and Inverse Kinematics for a Five-fingered Robotic Hand

Published: March 24, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2503.19171v2

By: Robinson Umeike

Potential Business Impact:

Robots can now grab things more smoothly and surely.

Business Areas:
Robotics Hardware, Science and Engineering, Software

This paper presents an implementation and analysis of a five-fingered robotic grasping system that combines contact-based control with inverse kinematics solutions. Using the PyBullet simulation environment and the DexHand v2 model, we demonstrate a comprehensive approach to achieving stable grasps through contact point optimization with force closure validation. Our method achieves movement efficiency ratings between 0.966-0.996 for non-thumb fingers and 0.879 for the thumb, while maintaining positional accuracy within 0.0267-0.0283m for non-thumb digits and 0.0519m for the thumb. The system demonstrates rapid position stabilization at 240Hz simulation frequency and maintains stable contact configurations throughout the grasp execution. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of our approach, while also identifying areas for future enhancement in thumb opposition movements and horizontal plane control.

Country of Origin
🇺🇸 United States

Page Count
10 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Robotics