The Reachy 2 robot is designed to be friendly and approachable, inviting natural interaction and is perfect for research, ...

Past development of robotic handling systems has focused on making them like the human hand and equipping them with technologies such as machine learning. The new two-jawed parallel plate gripper is ...

It's a game a lot of us played as children -- and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineer, this game was an inspiration, ...

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 ...

Biologists and engineers designed an approach to increase the chances of a robot achieving upright and balanced landings ...

At the same time, industrial robots are increasingly being deployed in collaborative ... gripper while also providing 30% more total stroke. It is a lightweight parallel-finger gripper with a payload ...

For all the work done since the dawn of robotics, there is still no match ... at Koreatech is a step closer with their ingenious BLT gripper, which can pinch with precision or grasp a larger ...

A team of robotics experts at UC San Diego has developed a robotic gripper based on measuring tape. The tape is a good material for grippers because it is both strong and flexible.

Robot arms and grippers do important work every hour of every day. They’re used in production lines around the world, toiling virtually ceaselessly outside of their designated maintenance windows.

That’s because the tape is both robust and flexible; can be stored in a small container when retracted; and can reach far ...

But to engineers at the University of California San Diego, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper. The grippers would be ...