Passive gripper inspired by and the Fin Ray® Effect

Soft robotic grippers are advantageous for tasks in which a robot comes into close contact with a human, must handle a delicate object, or needs to conform to an object. Most soft robotic grippers, like their hard counterparts, require actuation to maintain a grip on an object. Here, we present a pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Whitney Crooks, Shane Rozen-Levy, Barry Trimmer, Chris Rogers, William Messner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-07-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881417721155