Paul HouleFeb 4

🤚 Handy robot can crawl and pick up objects from multiple angles

https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-handy-robot-multiple-angles.html

#robotics #hand #gripper #mechanical #engineering

Handy robot can crawl and pick up objects from multiple angles

Like something out of the Addams Family, scientists have created a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object handling, offering potential applications in industrial, service, and exploratory robotics.

Tech Xplore
HackadayFeb 3

Print-in-Place Gripper Does It With a Single Motor

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/print-in-place-gripper-does-it-with-a-single-motor/

13Feb 3
Print-in-Place Gripper Does It With a Single Motor https://hackaday.com/2026/02/02/print-in-place-gripper-does-it-with-a-single-motor/
#RobotsHacks #3dprinted #Flexiblefilament #Gripper #Robotics #Servo
Print-in-Place Gripper Does It With A Single Motor

[XYZAiden]’s concept for a flexible robotic gripper might be a few years old, but if anything it’s even more accessible now than when he first prototyped it. It uses only a single motor…

Hackaday
🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Oct 23

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MX THE AMERICAN Announces “Bomber” – A Ferocious MOTÖRHEAD Cover Featuring England’s GRIPPER

https://bravewords.com/news/mx-the-american-announces-bomber-a-ferocious-motorhead-cover-featuring-englands-gripper/

#MXTHEAMERICAN #GRIPPER #Bomber #announcement #BraveWords #metal #music

Greg LloydOct 9
Second generation gripper has three fingers, including one which can swing around to be used as a variably opposable ‘thumb’ — really very handy! A fascinating and impressive 5 minute video. #robotic #gripper #video https://flipboard.com/@digitaltrends/computing-news-reviews-and-everything-else-drvvk1cdz/-/a-dvMtBMq1T3OYnoCuQir-VA%3Aa%3A201375877-%2F0
Watch this humanoid robot show off its new, advanced hand

It’s been just over 12 years since Boston Dynamics unveiled its bipedal Atlas robot, and along the way it’s made huge advances in both mobility and …

Digital Trends - By Trevor Mogg
Paul HouleOct 7

🐘 MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant-inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20510

#robotics #machines #gripper #sensors #engineering #elephant #biomimetic #bionic #technology

MELEGROS: Monolithic Elephant-inspired Gripper with Optical Sensors

The elephant trunk exemplifies a natural gripper where structure, actuation, and sensing are seamlessly integrated. Inspired by the distal morphology of the African elephant trunk, we present MELEGROS, a Monolithic ELEphant-inspired GRipper with Optical Sensors, emphasizing sensing as an intrinsic, co-fabricated capability. Unlike multi-material or tendon-based approaches, MELEGROS directly integrates six optical waveguide sensors and five pneumatic chambers into a pneumatically actuated lattice structure (12.5 mm cell size) using a single soft resin and one continuous 3D print. This eliminates mechanical mismatches between sensors, actuators, and body, reducing model uncertainty and enabling simulation-guided sensor design and placement. Only four iterations were required to achieve the final prototype, which features a continuous structure capable of elongation, compression, and bending while decoupling tactile and proprioceptive signals. MELEGROS (132 g) lifts more than twice its weight, performs bioinspired actions such as pinching, scooping, and reaching, and delicately grasps fragile items like grapes. The integrated optical sensors provide distinct responses to touch, bending, and chamber deformation, enabling multifunctional perception. MELEGROS demonstrates a new paradigm for soft robotics where fully embedded sensing and continuous structures inherently support versatile, bioinspired manipulation.

arXiv.org
Paul HouleAug 20, 2025

🐜 AntGrip -- Boosting Parallel Plate Gripper Performance Inspired by the Internal Hairs of Ant Mandibles

#robotics #mechanical #gripper #biomimetic #engineering #ants #insects #technology

https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/14/8/105

Matt WillemsenSep 16, 2023
Meet the winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes
The award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.
Curious about why geologists lick rocks or how many nose hairs there are on a human cadaver? Perhaps you'd like a snazzy dead wolf spider to use as a biodegradable robotic gripper? How about a "smart toilet" that analyzes your urine stream and fecal deposits while taking a picture of your anus for good measure?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/meet-the-winners-of-the-2023-ig-nobel-prizes/ #IgNobel #prize #lick #rocks #spider #gripper #SmartToilet
Meet the winners of the 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes

The award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.

Ars Technica
Peter GuhlAug 21, 2023
https://youtu.be/SBd8KFTk2SI The #pneumatic #gripper is now lifting beer bottles. #PreciseFlex #PF1300 #robot #ScienceRobot #robotics by @brooksautomation
#PreciseFlex 1300 Flaschenheberoboter moving bottles

YouTube
Show threadRobot TalkAug 7, 2023
Claire talked to Dr. Sina Sareh from the Royal College of Art about industrial inspection, soft robotics, and robotic grippers: https://robottalk.org/2022/12/09/episode-29-sina-sareh/ #Industry #SoftRobotics #Gripper
Episode 29 – Sina Sareh - Robot Talk

Claire chatted to Sina Sareh from the Royal College of Art all about industrial inspection, soft robotics, and robotic grippers.

Robot Talk - The podcast exploring the exciting world of robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines.