Nowadays, harvesting delicate and high-value fruits, vegetables, and edible fungi requires a
large input of manual human labor. The relatively low wages and many health problems the …

Continuously increasing applications of robot technologies in unstructured environments put
higher requirements on the robotic grippers' performance, such as interaction capability …

Robotic manipulation of cloth has applications ranging from fabrics manufacturing to
handling blankets and laundry. Cloth manipulation is challenging for robots largely due to …

Dexterous robotic manipulation in unstructured environments can aid in everyday tasks such
as cleaning and caretaking. Anthropomorphic robotic hands are highly dexterous and …

The core capabilities of soft grippers/soft robotic hands are grasping and manipulation. At
present, most related research often improves the grasping and manipulation performance …

Modeling and simulating soft robot hands can aid in design iteration for complex and high
degree-of-freedom (DoF) morphologies. This can be further supplemented by iterating on …

The Delta robot, introduced by Clavel in the 1980s [1], is one of the most widely studied and
utilized parallel manipulators. The robot comprises three actuators on its base, which drive …

This paper presents the implementation, trajectory planning, kinematics, and experimental
validation of an open-source 3D-printed delta robot manipulator. The robot's hardware …

This paper presents the DeltaZ robot, a centimeter-scale, low-cost, delta-style robot that
allows for a broad range of capabilities and robust functionalities. The DeltaZ robot is 3D …

Many fabric handling and 2D deformable material tasks in homes and industries require
singulating layers of material such as opening a bag or arranging garments for sewing. In …