Unlike traditional hard grippers, soft robotic grippers are commonly made of soft materials so
that the soft grippers can produce motion via elastic deformations of their compliant …

Soft robotics is gaining more interest because of the increasing demands in the
manufacturing line to handle various types of delicate parts. The progress in the …

Parallel-jaw robot grippers can grasp almost any object and are ubiquitous in industry.
Although the shape, texture, and compliance of gripper jaw surfaces affect grasp robustness …

While tactile sensor technology has made great strides over the past decades, applications
in robotic manipulation are limited by aspects such as blind spots, difficult integration into …

Human fingers possess compliant contact interfaces with predetermined compliance
properties. Replicating these compliance properties in robotic limbs, particularly …

Tactile sensing is the current challenge in robotics and object manipulation by machines.
The robot's agile interaction with the environment requires pressure sensors to detect not …

Characterization of terrain in real time allows autonomous legged robots to modify their gait
to better suit their environment and recognize hazardous conditions. We present a novel …

Microforce sensors capable of measuring multiple degrees of freedom are in wide demand
in miniature medical applications, but they are currently not available on a large scale due to …

The increasing demand for robotic systems capable of handling delicate objects, particularly
in industries such as agriculture and food processing, has led to significant advancements in …

Gras** compliant objects is difficult for robots–applying too little force may cause the grasp
to fail, while too much force may lead to object damage. A robot needs to apply the right …