They call their robot GRIP-tape, with GRIP serving as an acronym ... and a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The gripper has two "fingers ...

Designing robot hands (or end effectors ... Sometimes the best solution is a clever mechanical design, one which ensures a gripper will conform to the object it is gripping.

Nick Gravish and colleagues at UC San Diego, the mechanical appendage is known ... roll it in and spool it out as needed. A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and ...

The intricate mechanical systems of spiders and beetles ... This causes the dead spider to act like a robot gripper, just like you might see on an skill tester arcade machine.

The winning robot of the MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge was Northeastern University's Soft Robotic Arm Screwdriver.