The emergence of novel materials with flexible and stretchable characteristics, and the use
of new processing technologies, have allowed for the development of new connected …

As automation is spreading in all the industry domains, the presence of robots is becoming
unavoidable inside factories, warehouses and manufacturing facilities. Although a great …

Artificial robot skins capable of multi-modal tactile feedback are anticipated to revolutionize
how robots perceive their immediate surroundings and how they collaborate with humans …

Robotic grippers are extensively investigated as terminal actuators for gripping workpieces
in robotic applications. Lately, implementing closed-loop force control for grippers to grip …

In this article, we present the design, fabrication, integration, and performance evaluation of
SkinCell sensors, a novel tactile array targeting human–robot interaction applications. A …

Pneumatic grippers are hugely employed in robotic applications. Nonetheless, their control
is not easy due to difficulty in managing the pressure inside their air chambers. Pneumatic …

Object picking with two-fingered grippers is widely used in practice. However, the
deformability and slipperiness of the target object still remain a challenge, and not resolving …

Robots can grasp, even manipulate, objects with different shape, weight and size thanks to
the their end-effectors. These are mostly constituted by two fingers, and are known as …

When a robot grasps a tool, the force at the tip of the tool needs to be determined. However,
the vibration noise caused by the inertial force of the hand is a major factor that degrades the …

Robotic arms can perform grasping actions thanks to their “dexteorus” part, ie the gripper.
Among the various categories, nowadays pneumatic grippers became the most employed in …