Two-finger parallel grippers are the most common, making up 85% of the mechanical gripper market. Three-finger designs can handle round objects and perform centering functions. Festo ...

Parallel jaw action simplifies finger design, and force remains the same throughout the stroke — unlike some two-finger angular grippers. The parallel design also offers distinct design options ...

Dr. Grant Risha (second from the left), distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Altoona, poses with a ...

Mechanical gripper allows drones to hang from objects. ... the design strategy can also be applied to large-size MAVs for both energy-efficient perching and aerial grasping," says team member Dr ...

A micro-scale gripper uses a liquid-permeable surface to handle fragile components like chips and thin films without applying ...

In tandem with additive manufacturing, the integration of simulation tools such as Siemens Tecnomatix Process Simulate plays a pivotal role in quantifying the environmental and cost implications of ...

The kirigami-inspired design can turn pages, handle water droplets, as well as achieve a 16,000 payload-to-weight ratio.

Unlike mechanical grippers based on hands, the design of the bag-like effector provides the gripping qualities. In the YouTube video below, ...

From a weird experiment to useful tech. The team used wolf spiders and testing showed they were able to lift more than 130% of their own body weight. They had the grippers manipulate a circuit ...

By Gareth J. Monkman, Stefan Hesse, Ralf Steinmann, Henrik SchunkISBN: 978-3-527-40619-7 ...

Our project was to design a chemical sample tray gripper actuated with Shape Memory Alloy wires. ... Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering. 1111 Engineering Drive UCB 427 Boulder, Colorado 80309-0427 ME ...