Jun Shintake Holds His Soft Robotic Gripper (IMAGE)

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Jun Shintake Holds His Soft Robotic Gripper

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A new soft robotic gripper -- made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes -- that can bend and pick up delicate objects like eggs and paper, taking robotics to a whole new level.

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EPFL/Alain Herzog

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To illustrate EPFL research.

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