End Effectors / Grippers

Bastian Solutions needed rugged and reliable bearings for its warehousing robot to load trucks, so it turned to igus motion plastics.

OnRobot and FANUC will demonstrate common applications for automation to help manufacturers in North Texas.

Robotiq says it has combined adaptive gripping with high-frequency tactile sensing, enabling robots to generalize across objects.

Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.

TESOLLO said the technology it developed in house enables a smaller and lighter 20-DoF robot hand.

In a 60 Minutes segment, Boston Dynamics provided a glimpse at how its Atlas humanoid is becoming more capable.

Chef Robotics unveiled Chef+, an advanced AI robot with doubled capacity and a new automated meal flattening tool.

iREX 2025 included Japanese and Chinese innovations and partnerships, as well as physical AI advances, says this strategic analysis.

Festo says its new HPSX soft gripper is designed to solve long-standing challenges in food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

The bipedal robot expands Humanoid’s portfolio, following the wheeled Alpha platform, which has completed its first commercial POCs.

Armstrong Robotics has already deployed autonomous dishwashing robots at restaurants for a year and a half.

Figure 03 features a redesigned sensory suite and hand system, a form factor for household operation, and lower manufacturing costs.

Reframe Systems is working to build homes after the LA fires, and in August, it raised $20 million in funding to keep scaling.

Founded in 2015, MMI said it is developing robotic technology that pushes the limits of soft tissue open surgery.

A teen who lost his arm in an accident regains his passions for rock climbing and piano with a new BrainCo prosthetic.

X Square Robot has raised funding to accelerate adoption of its Wall-OSS open-source foundation model and Quanta humanoids.

Boston Dynamics claimed that building AI generalist robots is the most viable path to creating scalable humanoid robots.

This new LimX Oli humanoid from LimX Dynamics features 31 active degrees of freedom, enabling high-fidelity motion.

Tesollo is showing its Delto Gripper DG-5F humanoid robotic hand for a range of applications as it continues its global expansion.

Tacta said it has combined software, hardware, and AI for tactile skills and spatial awareness. It has also developed the Dextrous Intelligence platform.

Brighter Signals emerged with patented fabric-based tactile sensors for robotics, automotive, and healthcare, enabling smarter, safer, and more responsive systems.

Oxipital AI said its vision and Schmalz’s grippers will enable consistent production for food and beverage customers.