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However, the incorporation of such sensors might heavily affect the cost of the gripper, regardless of its type (e.g., pneumatic or electric). An alternative approach could be open-loop force control strategies. Hence, this work proposes an approach for optimizing the open-loop grasping force behavior of a robotic gripper. For this purpose, a specialized robotic gripper was built, as well as its mathematical model. The model was employed to predict the gripper performance during both static and dynamic force characterization, simulating grasping tasks under different experimental conditions. Both simulated and experimental results showed that by managing the mechanical properties of the finger\u2013object contact interface (e.g., stiffness), the steady-state force variability could be greatly reduced, as well as undesired effects such as finger bouncing. Further, the object\u2019s size is not required unlike most of the grasping approaches for industrial rigid grippers, which often involve high finger velocities. These results may pave the way toward conceiving cheaper and more reliable open-loop force control techniques for use in robotic grippers.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/robotics12060148","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,31]],"date-time":"2023-10-31T11:16:27Z","timestamp":1698750987000},"page":"148","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Improving the Grasping Force Behavior of a Robotic Gripper: Model, Simulations, and Experiments"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Giuseppe","family":"Vitrani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via San Quirico 19d, 16163 Genoa, Italy"}]},{"given":"Simone","family":"Cortinovis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via San Quirico 19d, 16163 Genoa, Italy"}]},{"given":"Luca","family":"Fiorio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via San Quirico 19d, 16163 Genoa, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6142-5545","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marco","family":"Maggiali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via San Quirico 19d, 16163 Genoa, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5217-6663","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rocco Antonio","family":"Romeo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via San Quirico 19d, 16163 Genoa, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Samadikhoshkho, Z., Zareinia, K., and Janabi-Sharifi, F. 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