Hardware fails, software has bugs. Sometimes the best solution is a clever mechanical design, one which ensures a gripper will conform to the object it is gripping. We’ve seen “jamming ...

Above: A chemical sample tray gripper actuated with Shape Memory Alloy wires. Top Image: Team members from left to right: Abdullah Alsaffar, Gordon Salemann, Omar Alhasan, Davis Robertson, Robert Hunt ...

Above: The EASY-20 electric gripper intended for applications in high-speed automated manufacturing. Top Image: Team members from left to right: Joseph Wilson, Nathan Clair, Nathaniel Wang, Jamie ...

The team also cite the renewable nature of the necrobotic gripper. “The spiders themselves are biodegradable,” said Daniel Preston, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice ...