End Effectors / Grippers

Aaron Parness will share how Amazon is giving its robot arms a sense of touch to perform tasks in high-clutter and high-contact environments.

Researchers from the GRAIL lab at NYU have developed AnySense, an app for gathering visual training data for robotics models.

Sanctuary AI said its integrated tactile sensors will facilitate teleoperation and provide richer data for training embodied AI models.

WPI said soft robotic arms tend to be weaker, more shaky, and less precise than traditional robot arms made from rigid materials.

Nitinol has superelastic properties that allow medical devices using it to compress to a lower profile when placed in a patient.

Humanoid robots have captured public imagination and investment, but developers still need to solve manipulation, safety, and scale problems.

Versius is the second most-used soft-tissue surgical robot on the market and applies to a range of specialties, according to CMR Surgical.

Robotic gripper changes can increase efficiency and adaptability in CNC machining, says Tezmaksan Robot Technologies’ CEO.

TESOLLO’s new DG-5F humanoid robot hand, with 20 DoF and a built-in gripping algorithm, launches in March.

Learn about the development of Shadow Robot’s DEX-EE hand, including its unique tendon-driven system using more than one motor per joint.

Piab designed these magnets to support various automotive applications, particularly in areas like stamping and body-in-white.

The International Federation of Robotics expects AI, humanoids, and sustainability to be top areas for robotics in 2025.

The PUDU D9 builds on the previous D7 semi-humanoid robot and includes the DH11 robotic hand for dual-arm manipulation.

Waste Robotics and Greyparrot have released a joint system, the Robot Validator, to ensure customers are getting the most from automation.

Sanctuary AI showed its latest breakthrough with hydraulic actuation and precise in-hand manipulation to open up a range of high-value tasks.

Humanoids empowered by AI are coming, and the long-term market could be huge, Persona AI’s Nic Radford tells columnist Oliver Mitchell.

Dextro, a new cobot from Lam Research, automates critical maintenance tasks on wafer fabrication equipment, improving efficiency and yield.

With a width of just 12.5 mm and a weight of only 87 grams, the MPXS is the smallest vacuum pump designed by COVAL.

The manual mooring process demanded substantial manpower and time, while KIMM said its automated method removes these barriers.

As DARPA’s robotic payload developer for the RSGS program, NRL looked to the future to build and test satellite servicing capabilities.

Digit 360 deepens GelSight and Meta AI’s existing partnership and fosters a community-driven approach to robotics research.

Life Line didn’t have enough staffers to go around making ambulances, so it applied GrayMatter’s Scan&Sand system.