Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

Agriculture is both the site of development of important new technologies and a key area of
application of technologies developed elsewhere. It is little wonder, then, that many thinkers …

A highly versatile soft gripper that can handle an unprecedented range of object types is
developed based on a new design of dielectric elastomer actuators employing an …

Despite developments in robotics and automation technologies, several challenges need to
be addressed to fulfill the high demand for automating various manufacturing processes in …

Robotics and automation in the food industry is not as widely applied as in other industries,
such as automotive and electrical industries, due to the large variations in the shape and …

In this paper, we present a recent survey on robotic grippers. In many cases, modern
grippers outperform their older counterparts which are now stronger, more repeatable, and …

Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are soft and flexible linear pneumatic actuators which
produce human muscle like actuation. Due to these properties, the muscle actuators have …

Aiming at combining compliant covering and rigid lifting to the object grasping, this paper
presents the design principle of a variable stiffness soft gripper and carries out its structural …

In recent years, the agricultural sector has turned to robotic automation to deal with the
growing demand for food. Harvesting fruits and vegetables is the most labor-intensive and …

Low-voltage and extremely flexible electrothermal bimorph actuators were fabricated in a
simple, efficient and scalable process. The bimorph actuators were made of flexible silver …