Soft Robotic Gripper (VIDEO)

Harvard University

Caption

A human-operated, completely soft gripper reacts to the push of a soft button. This robot can pick up a variety of oddly-shaped or fragile objects, even after being struck by a mallet.

Credit

D.J. Preston, P. Rothemund, H.J. Jiang, M.P. Nemitz, J. Rawson, Z. Suo, and G.M. Whitesides

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Request permission from first-author Daniel Preston first: dpreston@gmwgroup.harvard.edu

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