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Prof Richard (Chunhui) Yang
Prof Richard Yang is the Interim Dean, School of Engineering, Director, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Head of Discipline, Mechanical and Mechtronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Western Sydney University. His research fields include Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, advanced Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Digital Twin, Industry 4.0, Mechanical Design, Engineering Numerical Methods, Multiscale Modelling Techniques, etc.
2026-10-23
2026-08-17
2026-06-18
Abstract—In this paper, we present a suction cup based gripper tool for grasping different cuts of meat. The tool is attached to a 6DOF robot arm in order to test different grasp strategies. The task of grasping pork bellies is difficult since the objects are highly flexible. Due to the deformations, an airtight connection can form between the meat and the object below it. During the lift, this can lead to a vacuum which sometimes causes the grasp to fail. Thus it is important that the tool and the grasp strategy is able to minimize the effects of this vacuum in order to generate a stable grasp. Furthermore, there is a high variation in the meat products and the initial placement of the products. Thus the tool has to be sufficiently flexible to handle the different cases robustly.
