Inspiration from gripper project The idea for developing a better way to design joints was inspired by another project in Wood's lab: how to make a soft robotic gripper that could gently wrap around ...

Gripper systems are being used more and more in industry due to the increasing level of automation. However, they have to be designed, manufactured, assembled or adapted to the specific application.

There are no garbage trucks equipped to leave the atmosphere and pick up debris floating around the Earth. But what if we could send a robot to do the job? Scientists at NASA ’s Jet Propulsion ...