Patent ID: 8424942

Claim:
An industrial gripper with multiple degrees of freedom comprising: a base plate; at least three finger units to be moved relative to the base plate; a supporting unit to support the finger units; a first drive unit coupled to the supporting unit to allow simultaneous angular displacement of the finger units toward an object; and a second drive unit coupled to the supporting unit to adjust orientation angles between the finger units, wherein each of the finger units includes an intermediation member to be moved in a first direction by the first drive unit, a grip member to grip the object by being moved in a second direction different from the first direction as a movement direction of the intermediation member, and a connection member to convert the first direction movement of the intermediation member into the second direction movement of the grip member, and wherein the connection member includes a fixing portion installed to the supporting unit, an opposite portion installed to the grip member so as to be opposite to the fixing portion, and a link portion having a plurality of links to connect the intermediation member, the fixing portion and the opposite portion to one another.