Building machines that replicate the delicate touch of a human hand is a complex undertaking that has seen the development of all kinds of soft robotic grippers, from squishy green blobs to boa ...

Researchers have invented robotic grippers that mimic the muscle function of fingers, capable of picking up fragile objects of arbitrary shape and stiffness. The breakthrough combines artificial ...

A robotic gripper inspired by the adhesive properties of gecko hands will soon be adorning robots around the world. We've written about OnRobot's Gecko Gripper before, but its commercial availability ...

Soft electronics are changing the way robots can touch. Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper -- made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes -- that can bend and pick up delicate ...

The Fraunhofer IPT is presenting an automated, highly flexible electrostatic gripper system which is capable of lifting semi-finished textile products made of carbon fibers and other materials and ...

Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper that can pick up fragile objects of different shapes and stiffness, like an egg, water balloons or paper. "This is the first time that ...

When you think of robots, rigid mechanics are likely to come to mind. But, scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, a research university in Switzerland, have developed a way to give ...

The sticky effect seen when you rub a balloon on your hair could be used to help robots pick things up, greatly expanding what machines can do in factories. Grabit’s gripper has flexible electrostatic ...

A micro-scale gripper uses a liquid-permeable surface to handle fragile components like chips and thin films without applying mechanical force or contact. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Micromanipulation may ...

Electroadhesive grippers are a great way for a robot to be able to grip objects, and SRI has been developing general-purpose, highly-compliant electroadhesive pads for a variety of applications, ...

Electrostatic forces are the key to a new kind of gripper that can grasp and manoeuvre odd-shaped and fragile objects without damaging them Moving fragile objects is a major issue for many industries, ...

Have you ever rubbed a balloon in your hair to make it stick to the wall? This electrostatic stickiness called electroadhesion may change robotics forever. EPFL scientists have invented a new soft ...