The National Intellectual Property Administration recently disclosed that Suzhou Xinghai Tu Power Technology Co., Ltd. has obtained a patent titled "A Structure for Robot Grippers" (Authorization ...

Fidget poppers are an example of "bistability," as the popped circles rest in one of two stable states. Purdue University researchers have taken this idea to its extreme, building robots that can be ...

Robots that move, lift, and sense objects without electronics are now possible. They work using materials that snap and bend ...

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 ...

Opting for simple elegance, researchers have bypassed traditional designs based around the human hand and fingers, and created a versatile gripper using everyday ground coffee and a latex party ...

Last year we looked at a universal robotic gripper, which was made by filling an elastic membrane with coffee grounds. The versatile gripper, which is attached to a robotic arm, was able to pick up a ...

For all the work done since the dawn of robotics, there is still no match for the human hand in terms of its dexterity and adaptability. Researchers of the IRIM Lab at Koreatech is a step closer with ...

Robotic gripper could be used in agriculture, human rescue operations or personal assistive devices, food and the scientific and resource exploration industries, as per the study in Advanced Materials ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – The human hand is an amazing machine that can pick up, move and place objects easily, but for a robot, this "gripping" mechanism is a vexing challenge. Opting for simple elegance, ...