The emergence of the field of soft robotics has led to an interest in suction cups as auxiliary
structures on soft continuum arms to support the execution of manipulation tasks. This …

Soft actuators typically exhibit low stiffness and low load-bearing properties due to the
intrinsic limitations of soft materials. Stiffness modulation is an effective means to improve …

Soft grippers have the potential to solve many existing manipulation challenges, particularly
in agile industry applications. However, existing soft grippers are often limited in the range of …

While vacuum grippers offer an economical solution, the environmental impact of energy
waste through their suction cups (SCs) cannot be overlooked. This waste stems from three …

Snails can stably slide across a surface with only a single high-payload sucker, offering an
efficient adhesive locomotion mechanism for next-generation climbing robots. The critical …

Soft grippers have demonstrated significant improvements in grasping in unstructured
environments and grasping delicate objects. However, there are limitations preventing more …

Suction is widely used in industry, but the adaptation of state-of-the-art suction cups on
complex surfaces (ie, curved, cornered, uneven, rough, etc.) are still limited. In this letter, we …

The study introduces a suction cup-based soft robotic gripper for cucumber harvesting that
adjusts its shape and surface parameters to respond to the surface and shape …

In this paper, a bilateral teleoperation-based robot skill learning framework is developed to
transfer multi-step and contact manipulation skills from humans to robots. Robot skill …

Suction-based robotic grippers are common in industrial applications due to their simplicity
and robustness but struggle with geometric complexity. Grippers that can handle varied …