From first contact through surface deformation, load distribution, and final stable hold, pressure sensors can improve ...

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 and ...

A simple robotic gripper made from a latex balloon filled with ordinary coffee grounds is demonstrating an inexpensive way to handle objects of different shapes without cameras or complex sensors. The ...

Physical AI depends on smarter grippers to give robots the dexterity, sensing and adaptability needed to handle real-world ...

Researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then gently twist them off their branch or vine without causing ...

What makes a humanoid hand so fascinating? Imagine a robotic gripper delicately assembling intricate components on a factory floor or carefully holding fragile medical instruments during surgery.