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 …

This article presents a new cable-driven underactuated robotic gripper, called TWISTER
Hand. It is designed for adaptable grasping of objects in different shapes, weights, sizes …

The ability to grasp a wider range of objects in size and shape directly relates to the
performance of robotic grippers. Adapting to complex geometries of objects requires large …

Soft robotic grippers with compliance have great superiority in grabbing objects with
irregular shape or fragility compared with traditional rigid grippers. The main limitations of …

Robotics solutions in the industrial sector are moving towards higher degrees of flexibility. In
such a context, the latest research is focused on grasping technologies for material …

Soft robots are becoming more popular because they can solve issues stiff robots cannot.
Soft component and system design have seen several innovations recently. Next-generation …

机器人多指灵巧手是一种高度灵活, 复杂的末端执行器, 因其能够模仿人手的各种灵巧抓持和
复杂操作能力, 半个多世纪以来得到持续的研发投入和广泛关注, 备受社会各界期待 …

A massage robot can aid physicians in treating occupational diseases. While massaging, a
robotic manipulator is required to continuously exert desired force according to the …

This paper investigates the problem of the variable stiffness for a class of multisegment
continuum manipulators. A simple design that mainly consists of two types of pneumatic …

The demand for flexible grasping of various objects by robotic hands in the industry is
rapidly growing. To address this, we propose a novel variable stiffness gripper (VSG). The …