Imagine a robot that grows like a vine, wrapping around objects or people to lift them safely. It can handle fragile or heavy ...
Tools that offer early and accurate insight into plant health – and allow individual plant interventions – are key to increasing crop yields as environmental pressures increasingly impact horticulture ...
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Robo-tendrils inspired by garden vines lift fragile objects, even supporting humans
Engineers have long looked to nature for smarter designs, but few inspirations are as ...
A gentle lifting gripper that could transform healthcare, mobility assistance and even unload heavy cargo. Read on!
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Vine-inspired robotic gripper gently lifts heavy and fragile objects
In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils can wrap around obstacles with ...
Festo says its new HPSX soft gripper is designed to solve long-standing challenges in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
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Lobster shell waste transformed into sustainable soft‑robotic systems
“Although nature does not necessarily provide the optimal form, it still outperforms many artificial systems and offers ...
Researchers have developed a self-healing robotic gripper for use in soft robotics that is adaptable, recyclable and resilient to damage, thanks to heat-assisted autonomous healing. Researchers have ...
(Nanowerk News) Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have unveiled a novel hybrid-driven origami gripper, designed to tackle the challenge of grasping and manipulating objects with ...
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