[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 ...

Enabling the vine-inspired robots to grow outward from their tips are thin yet sturdy pneumatic tubes that grow and inflate ...

A high-speed vertical machining center with a plug-and-play robot, plus a pneumatic vise and robotic gripper designed for precision clamping, and jaws to reduce stationary jaw deflection and provide ...

A team of roboticists at the University of California San Diego and BASF Corporation has developed a unique 3D-printed soft robotic gripper that operates without the need for electronics. So, how does ...

Energy remains a significant factor in industrial production processes. High levels of energy consumption make production more expensive and exacerbate the climate crisis. A new type of robot ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have unveiled a novel hybrid-driven origami gripper, designed to tackle the challenge of grasping and manipulating objects with ...

Scientists often look to nature for cues when designing robots - some robots mimic human hands while others simulate the actions of octopus arms or inchworms. Now, researchers have designed a new soft ...

Brennan Burns, an automation engineer at Shunk CoLab in North Carolina, gave Machine Design quick demo of automated machine tending at MD&M West 2025. He focused on the Schunk Gripper PGN-plus-P to ...

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.