Current designs of robotic arm grippers: A comprehensive systematic review

J Hernandez, MSH Sunny, J Sanjuan, I Rulik, MII Zarif… - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent technological advances enable gripper-equipped robots to perform many tasks
traditionally associated with the human hand, allowing the use of grippers in a wide range of …

Design synthesis, modeling, control strategies, and fabrication methods of compliant grippers for micromanipulation and micromanipulator: A comprehensive review

HG Le, NL Ho, TP Dao - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2025 - Elsevier
In robotic and automation industry, micromanipulation and micromanipulator have
recognized significant advancements due to they are involved in handling of micro-sized …

A soft gripper design for apple harvesting with force feedback and fruit slip detection

K Chen, T Li, T Yan, F Xie, Q Feng, Q Zhu, C Zhao - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
This research presents a soft gripper for apple harvesting to provide constant-pressure
clamping and avoid fruit damage during slippage, to reduce the potential danger of damage …

Design optimization of soft robotic fingers biologically inspired by the fin ray effect with intrinsic force sensing

J Yao, Y Fang, X Yang, P Wang, L Li - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft grippers display adaptability, dexterity, and safety, garnering increased interest in their
applications. However, accurately modeling their nonlinear deformation and sensing the …

Proprioception and exteroception of a soft robotic finger using neuromorphic vision-based sensing

O Faris, R Muthusamy, F Renda, I Hussain, D Gan… - Soft …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Equipping soft robotic grippers with sensing and perception capabilities faces significant
challenges due to their high compliance and flexibility, limiting their ability to successfully …

A flexible swallowing gripper for harvesting apples and its grasping force sensing model

Z Zhang, J Zhou, B Yi, B Zhang, K Wang - Computers and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Securely harvesting apples without damage remains a challenge owing to their softness,
vulnerability, and irregular shapes. In this study, a flexible swallowing (FS) gripper was …

Gelsight baby fin ray: A compact, compliant, flexible finger with high-resolution tactile sensing

SQ Liu, Y Ma, EH Adelson - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The synthesis of tactile sensing with compliance is essential to many fields, from agricultural
usages like fruit picking, to sustainability practices such as sorting recycling, to the creation …

[HTML][HTML] Vision-based tactile intelligence with soft robotic metamaterial

T Wu, Y Dong, X Liu, X Han, Y Xiao, J Wei, F Wan… - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Robotic metamaterials represent an innovative approach to creating synthetic structures that
combine desired material characteristics with embodied intelligence, blurring the …

WebGripper: Bioinspired cobweb soft gripper for adaptable and stable grasping

X Chen, J Yao, S Zhang, K Zhu, S Kong… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Web structure is a flexible structure widely used in animal predation behavior and human
hunting work, which exhibits an excellent capability of gripping objects stably and securely …

Research on effects of different internal structures on the grasping performance of Fin Ray soft grippers

J Yao, Y Fang, L Li - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
Fin Ray soft grippers, as a notable passive compliant structures, can be easily actuated by
external devices to adapt their shape to conform to a grasped object. Their unique ability is …