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Universal Gripper for Industrial Manipulation With Enhanced Rigid Mechanics and Self‐Adaptable Fingers

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An enhanced universal gripper combining rigid mechanics with self‐adaptable fingers is presented for industrial automation. The novel six‐bar linkage with integrated compliant pad eliminates mechanical interference while enabling passive shape adaptation.
Muhammad Usman Khalid, Nirmal Kumar Ravikumar, Mattia Frascio, Sumanth Nagalakunta, Alessandro Seitone, Benoît Lévesque, Alessandro Zanella, Matteo Zoppi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactive Teleoperation of an Articulated Robotic Arm Using Vision-Based Human Hand Tracking. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Drăgoi MV, Frimu AV, Postelnicu A, Puiu RA, Petrea G, Hank A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Durability of Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review and Benchmarking Protocol

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Lack of durability is a key challenge hindering the broad scale adoption of soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) in automation industries. This review provides a comprehensive overview of existing research on SPA durability, introduces a standardized durability benchmarking protocol to consolidate the testing of SPAs, and outlines promising directions for ...
Dickson Chiu Yu Wong, Yucheng Luo, Rob Bernardus Nicolaas Scharff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A bionic robotic trunk with tensegrity-enabled elephant-comparable stiffness variability for assisted daily living. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Zhang J, Yang C, Yang H, Ma P, He C, Zhang T, Wang X, Liu K, Jia X, Peng H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humanoid finger with rigid-flexible-soft structure. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Lyu B, Xiao H, Meng Q, Wu J, Wang Y, She J, Fukushima EF.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces textile‐based pneumatic grippers that transform simple textiles into robust bending actuators. Detailed experiments uncover how cut geometry and fabric selection shape performance. Successful handling of fragile agricultural items showcases the potential of textile robotics for safe, scalable automation in food processing and ...
Zeyu Hou, Eran Beeri Bamani, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Lucas Ferrari Gerez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vacuum-gap electrostatic multilayer actuators for space robotics. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Sîrbu ID, Mazzotta A, Tosi U, Bortoluzzi D, Mattoli V, Moretti G, Fontana M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Grip and Grasp: Lizard Claw Inspired Robotic Manipulators

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Our study identifies the most effective lizard claw shape for use as an end effector in a bioinspired robotic manipulator. By examining key geometric features and combining them into comparative indices, the Crotaphytus collaris claw is found to be the best fit.
Hyeon Lee, Kate Douglas, Asyiah Bray, Andrea Rummel, Parvez Alam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical repair for a single leaflet device attachment due to a gripper failure from the MitraClip main frame: a case report. [PDF]

Eur Heart J Case Rep
Harada T, Morimoto H, Futagami D, Katayama K, Mukai S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source