As is the case with any other electrical device, the less energy that a robot uses to perform its assigned duties, the better. A new soft robotic gripper was created with this fact in mind, as it ...

(Nanowerk News) Soft grippers have the advantages in human-machine interactions while most of them suffer from low response time. Bistable structures could improve this characteristic, but current ...

How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: just one, assuming you're talking about a new robotic gripper developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The ...

CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SMAC Moving Coil Actuators introduced details for their new MGR6 Series Micro Gripper. The SMAC MGR6 Series Micro Gripper has a very low moving mass ...

Researchers from the University of Georgia have published a new study based on the design of a soft robotic gripper inspired by twining plants. The team, led by associate professor Mable Fok, UGA ...

Use of robots—both collaborative and industrial—has been growing across industry, particularly in industries without a strong history of industrial robot use. As a result, not all of these industries ...