Items Tagged with 'grippers'

Rapid economic recovery, the tight labor market, and high inflation have shifted power to workers who are organized.

A new R&D initiative hopes to improve the dexterity of machines and enhance human-robot interaction.

The Grasping Neural Process trains robots to infer invisible physical properties from a history of attempted grasps, and then use the inferred properties to guess which grasps would work well in the future.

To increase efficiency and improve safety, OnRobot employs its own automation products on its assembly lines.

Engineers at Queen Mary University here have developed a sensor that enhances tactile capabilities in robots, allowing them to “feel” objects and adjust grip accordingly.

Engineers at North Carolina State University have developed a robotic gripper that is gentle enough to pick up a drop of water, strong enough to pick up a 14-pound weight, dexterous enough to fold a cloth, and precise enough to pick up strips of film that are 20 times thinner than a human hair.

MATCH Eco-System: Any Robot. Any Gripper. Any End-Effector. MATCH is a multi-functional end-of-arm platform from Zimmer Group.

Automation Assembly tasks often present challenges! A lot happens in a small space - fast cycle times and high-quality finished product is paramount. Schunk offers some suggestions for common challenges.

MORRISVILLE, NC—SCHUNK has opened a new workspace for customer collaboration at its U.S. headquarters here.