Festo says its new HPSX soft gripper is designed to solve long-standing challenges in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

[Chiprobot] has created an amazing compliant gripper. Designing robot hands (or end effectors) can be a perilous task. It is easy to give robots big, good, strong hands. Strong grippers have to be ...

Folks blessed with a soft touch seem to have no problem getting to grips with delicate objects, but it can be a tough ask for robots. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering ...

In another example of unsettling biomimicry, engineering researchers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney were inspired by an elephant’s trunk and designed what looks more like a robotic ...

Robots with gecko-inspired hands are becoming more important during the rise of on-demand-everything. That's prompting a leader in robotic end-of-arm tooling to expand its lineup of the ...

That's one of the biggest trends out of the Automatica conference, one of the world's premiere showcases of robot technology, which recently wrapped up in Germany. Among this year's dexterous, grippy ...

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NEWARK, Del., April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new market research study by Future Market Insights on the robotic gripper market contains a global industry analysis 2014-2021 and an opportunity ...

North Carolina State University researchers created a robotic gripper with unprecedented strength and flexibility. It is gentle enough to fold a cloth, pick up a water drop, and grab microfilms ...

EPFL scientists have integrated discarded crustacean shells into robotic devices, leveraging the strength and flexibility of ...

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