It's a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would ...

Sensitive grippers are needed to harvest fruit and vegetables without causing damage. Such a gripper does not have to be ...

Robot arms and grippers do important work every hour of every day. They’re used in production lines around the world, toiling virtually ceaselessly outside of their designated maintenance windows.

A team of robotics experts at UC San Diego has developed a robotic gripper based on measuring tape. The tape is a good material for grippers because it is both strong and flexible.

This existing technology sets limits on the extent of miniaturization that can be achieved, and small-scale grippers systems ...

Engineers at Saarland University recently used lightweight, shape-memory materials to create a non-pneumatic robotic gripper.

That’s because the tape is both robust and flexible; can be stored in a small container when retracted; and can reach far ...