Giving robots a hand means selecting the right gripper and finger design. To handle long parts, the contact surface of each gripper finger should extend to stabilize the part during motion.

Using a novel design inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, researchers have developed gentle yet strong robotic grippers that can fold clothes, grasp a drop of water and ultrathin ...

The invention of a wooden robotic gripper can be a viable alternative to using traditional soft plastics or metal. It also upends traditional robotics design. Researchers from the National ...

MIT Engineers Create Human-like, Reflexive Gripper for Robots Parts of MIT's mini cheetah robot were also used for this new tech.

The growth in the use of grippers is tied to the rise of robotics, including the need for robots to take on special tasks and handle increasingly complex workpieces.

A robotic gripper is likely found at the end of a robotic arm. The arm is its own problem but the grip can be equally complex. This book tries to tackle a wide range of grip designs.

UR+ (SRDK-UR+), the first plug-and-play Soft Robotics customizable gripper system designed specifically for Universal Robots. The SRDK-UR+ will be demonstrated at the International Manufacturing ...

The design also improves where this gripper can grasp onto objects, which is an advantage anyone who’s ever lost anything in the cracks next to a car’s seat can appreciate.

An origami design helps this robot lift delicate and heavy cargo The new soft gripper can easily pick up an apple, rubber ducky, electric drill and more ...

Sharp has shown two service robot prototypes from OpenDroids that roll around the home on voice command and do housework with ...

Space Gecko Gripper blasts off to help design space-crawling robots Tuesday's Cygnus launch to the International Space Station carried material inspired by gecko feet.