Design and analysis of a compliant clamping mechanism for the transportation of cement poles

Abstract Cement poles are an important part of the rural power network construction, and the development of robotics technology enables them to assist labor in various aspects in construction, among which the clamping mechanism is a key part of the robot. In this paper, a compliant clamping mechanism for cement pole clamping and transfer is proposed. After actual investigation and design, the overall scheme is designed to have self-locking ability and compliance with cement poles, check the self-locking function, design the size of the mechanism, and solve the problems of deformation and bending of cement pole joints through finite element analysis, so that it can clamp, dock and transfer cement poles of various sizes. The rationality and effectiveness of the institution have been verified.