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Shape-morphing robots have shown benefits in industrial grasping. We propose form-flexible grippers for adaptive grasping. The design is based on the hybrid jamming and suction mechanism, which deforms to handle objects that vary…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Huijiang Wang , Holger Kunz , Timon Adler , Fumiya Iida

Manipulation in cluttered environments like homes requires stable grasps, precise placement and robustness against external contact. We present the Soft-Bubble gripper system with a highly compliant gripping surface and dense-geometry…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Naveen Kuppuswamy , Alex Alspach , Avinash Uttamchandani , Sam Creasey , Takuya Ikeda , Russ Tedrake

We propose a novel tri-fingered soft robotic gripper with decoupled stiffness and shape control capability for performing adaptive grasping with minimum system complexity. The proposed soft fingers adaptively conform to object shapes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Dimuthu D. Arachchige , Yue Chen , Ian D. Walker , Isuru S. Godage

A key challenge in robotics is to create efficient methods for grasping objects with diverse shapes, sizes, poses, and properties. Grasping with hand-like end effectors often requires careful selection of hand orientation and finger…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Yufei Hao , Shantonu Biswas , Elliot Hawkes , Tianmiao Wang , Mengjia Zhu , Li Wen , Yon Visell

Soft grippers are receiving growing attention due to their compliance-based interactive safety and dexterity. Hybrid gripper (soft actuators enhanced by rigid constraints) is a new trend in soft gripper design. With right structural…

Soft robotics gripper have shown great promise in handling fragile and geometrically complex objects. However, most existing solutions rely on bulky actuators, complex control strategies, or advanced tactile sensing to achieve stable and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Peiyi Wang , Paul A. M. Lefeuvre , Shangwei Zou , Zhenwei Ni , Daniela Rus , Cecilia Laschi

Over the past few decades, efforts have been made towards robust robotic grasping, and therefore dexterous manipulation. The soft gripper has shown their potential in robust grasping due to their inherent properties-low, control complexity,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Linhan Yang , Xudong Han , Weijie Guo , Zixin Zhang , Fang Wan , Jia Pan , Chaoyang Song

Recently, suction-based robotic systems with microscopic features or active suction components have been proposed to grip rough and irregular surfaces. However, sophisticated fabrication methods or complex control systems are required for…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-19 Sukho Song , Dirk-Michael Drotlef , Donghoon Son , Anastasia Koivikko , Metin Sitti

Humans grasp unfamiliar objects by combining an initial visual estimate with tactile and proprioceptive feedback during interaction. We present ShapeGrasp, a robotic implementation of this approach. The proposed method is an iterative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Lukas Rustler , Matej Hoffmann

Grasping unknown objects has been an active research topic for decades. Approaches range from using various sensors (e.g. vision, tactile) to gain information about the object, to building passively compliant hands that react appropriately…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-02 Tianjian Chen , Matei Ciocarlie

Realizing a soft manipulator with biologically comparable flexibility and versatility often requires careful selection of materials and actuation, as well as attentive design of its structure, perception, and control. Here, we report a new…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Zhanchi Wang , Nikolaos M. Freris , Xi Wei

Grasping a variety of objects remains a key challenge in the development of versatile robotic systems. The human hand is remarkably dexterous, capable of grasping and manipulating objects with diverse shapes, mechanical properties, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Ngoc-Duy Tran , Hoang-Hiep Ly , Xuan-Thuan Nguyen , Thi-Thoa Mac , Anh Nguyen , Tung D. Ta

Contrary to the stunning feats observed in birds of prey, aerial manipulation and grasping with flying robots still lack versatility and agility. Conventional approaches using rigid manipulators require precise positioning and are subject…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Samuel Ubellacker , Aaron Ray , James Bern , Jared Strader , Luca Carlone

Grasping object,whether they are flat, round, or narrow and whether they have regular or irregular shapes,introduces difficulties in determining the ideal grasping posture, even for the most state-of-the-art grippers. In this article, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Chenghua Lu , Kailuan Tang , Max Yang , Tianqi Yue , Nathan F. Lepora

Aerial robots have garnered significant attention due to their potential applications in various industries, such as inspection, search and rescue, and drone delivery. Successful missions often depend on the ability of these robots to grasp…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Hiu Ching Cheung , Ching-Wei Chang , Bailun Jiang , Chih-Yung Wen , Henry K. Chu

Soft and lightweight grippers have greatly enhanced the performance of robotic manipulators in handling complex objects with varying shape, texture, and stiffness. However, the combination of universal grasping with passive sensing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Kieran Barvenik , Zachary Coogan , Gabriele Librandi , Matteo Pezzulla , Eleonora Tubaldi

Grasping is fundamental to robotic manipulation, and recent advances in large-scale grasping datasets have provided essential training data and evaluation benchmarks, accelerating the development of learning-based methods for robust object…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Siyu Ma , Wenxin Du , Chang Yu , Ying Jiang , Zeshun Zong , Tianyi Xie , Yunuo Chen , Yin Yang , Xuchen Han , Chenfanfu Jiang

Adaptation to various scene configurations and object properties, stability and dexterity in robotic grasping manipulation is far from explored. This work presents an origami-based shape morphing fingertip design to actively tackle the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Zicheng Kan , Yazhan Zhang , Chohei Pang , Michael Yu Wang

Modern humanoid robots have shown their promising potential for executing various tasks involving the grasping and manipulation of objects using their end-effectors. Nevertheless, in the most of the cases, the grasping and manipulation…

Accepted in the ICIP 2025 We present a novel transformer-based framework for whole-body grasping that addresses both pose generation and motion infilling, enabling realistic and stable object interactions. Our pipeline comprises three…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Edward Effendy , Kuan-Wei Tseng , Rei Kawakami
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