Engineers from National University of Singapore (NUS) have built a robotics system they say can grip various objects, ranging from soft and delicate to bulky and heavy. Designed to be configurable, ...

EU-funded researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant’s trunk – precise enough to pick fresh fruit, yet powerful enough to help lift a patient.By Michael AllenLucia Beccai, an ...

[Tazer] built a small desktop-sized robotic arm, and it was more or less functional. However, he wanted to improve its ability to pick things up, and attaching a pneumatic gripper seemed like the ...

A new soft robotic gripper was created with this fact in mind, as it grasps and releases objects without using any electricity at all. Developed by a team of researchers at the University of ...

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Steel measuring tape is an interesting material, in that it's rigid enough to hold its shape when extended, but flexible enough that it gives way under pressure. Scientists have taken advantage of ...

If you are considering building your very own robotic arm you may be interested in a new high-performance DIY robot arm built by computer scientist Pavel Surynek. The Real Robot One or RR1 has 6 (6 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A breakthrough at the University of Texas could transform how robots touch you and everyday objects. Called Fragile Object Grasping with Tactile Sensing (FORTE), these special robot ...