House slippers are a must-have for just about everyone. A good slipper must be soft, comfortable, plush and not too structured so your feet have room to breathe and move without restriction. Bombas’ ...

North Carolina State University researchers created a robotic gripper with unprecedented strength and flexibility. It is gentle enough to fold a cloth, pick up a water drop, and grab microfilms ...

Get a grip. A new robotic gripping tool based on gecko feet can grab hold of floating objects in microgravity. The grippers could one day help robots move dangerous space junk to safer orbits or climb ...

In the world of robotics, one important factor to be considered is the size of the components to be used especially when aiming to make a smaller output. Adding in the fundamental and essential ...

I'm not sure when your last spacewalk was, but you probably remember it being a bit difficult to manipulate objects, what with the gloves and the microgravity and all. As such, your tools were ...

A robotic gripper made from flexible ribbons can pick up objects as delicate as a dandelion to something 16,000 times heavier than itself. Most robotic grippers are specialised to perform a narrow set ...

Electroadhesive grippers are a great way for a robot to be able to grip objects, and SRI has been developing general-purpose, highly-compliant electroadhesive pads for a variety of applications, ...

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