A 3D-Printed Fin Ray Effect Inspired Soft Robotic Gripper with Force Feedback [PDF]
Micromachines, 2021 Soft robotic grippers are able to carry out many tasks that traditional rigid-bodied grippers cannot perform but often have many limitations in terms of control and feedback.
Yang Yang +5 more
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Octopus-Inspired Underwater Soft Robotic Gripper with Crawling and Swimming Capabilities [PDF]
ResearchCan a robotic gripper only operate when attached to a robotic arm? The application space of the traditional gripper is limited by the robotic arm. Giving robot grippers the ability to move will expand their range of applications.
Mingxin Wu +7 more
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Adaptive Self‐Sealing Suction‐Based Soft Robotic Gripper [PDF]
Advanced Science, 2021 While suction cups prevail as common gripping tools for a wide range of real‐world parts and surfaces, they often fail to seal the contact interface when engaging with irregular shapes and textured surfaces.
Sukho Song +4 more
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Gecko Toe Pad-Inspired Robotic Gripper with Rapidly and Precisely Tunable Adhesion [PDF]
ResearchGecko-inspired dry adhesives have shown great potential in the field of robotics. However, there is still a large gap between current artificial adhesive-based grippers and natural geckos, especially in terms of precise and fast control of adhesion ...
Shuai Li +5 more
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A Scooping-Binding Robotic Gripper for Handling Various Food Products [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 Food products are usually difficult to handle for robots because of their large variations in shape, size, softness, and surface conditions. It is ideal to use one robotic gripper to handle as many food products as possible.
Zhongkui Wang +4 more
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An AI-Assisted and Self-Powered Smart Robotic Gripper Based on Eco-EGaIn Nanocomposite for Pick-and-Place Operation [PDF]
Nanomaterials, 2022 High compliance and muscle-alike soft robotic grippers have shown promising performance in addressing the challenges in traditional rigid grippers. Nevertheless, a lack of control feedback (gasping speed and contact force) in a grasping operation can ...
Qi-Lun Goh +3 more
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An Open-Source 3D Printed Three-Fingered Robotic Gripper for Adaptable and Effective Grasping [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis research focuses on the design of a three-finger adaptive gripper using additive manufacturing and electromechanical actuators, with the purpose of providing a low-cost, efficient, and reliable solution for easy integration with any robot arm for ...
Francisco Yumbla +9 more
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PVDF-based flexible piezoelectric tactile sensor for slip estimation using robotic gripper [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AIRobotic grippers are widely utilized in industrial manufacturing, but object slippage during assembly poses challenges, including potential damage, delays, and increased costs.
Muhammad Hisyam Rosle +4 more
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Integrating a Soft Pneumatic Gripper in a Robotic System for High-Speed Stable Handling of Raw Oysters [PDF]
FoodsPick-and-place handling of aquatic products (e.g., raw oyster) in packing processing remains manual, despite advances in soft robotic grippers as well as robotic systems that offer a path to automation in food production lines.
Yang Zhang, Zhongkui Wang
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A tactile gripper on an optical fiber for perception and actuation [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsOptical fibers with integrated robotic microstructures are promising for cutting-edge applications. However, the development of microbots on a fiber system for synergistic sensing and actuation is challenging.
Chang-Xu Li +4 more
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