RCJ_gripper_movie (VIDEO)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Video shows a two-finger robotic gripper with optimized rolling contact joints holding a box; weight is added until the grasp fails. A comparable gripper with circular rolling contact joints cannot hold the weight of the box.

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Wood Lab / Harvard SEAS

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