Robotic universal jamming gripper gets “shooting” capabilities

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Last year we looked at a universal robotic gripper made by filling an elastic membrane with coffee grounds. The versatile gripper, which is attached to a robotic arm, was able to pick up a wide variety of objects, including a coin or raw egg, which are notoriously difficult for robotic grippers modeled after the human hand to deal with. Now the universal jamming gripper's developers have given it the ability to "shoot" objects some distance, which could enable it to sort objects into different bins, dispose of trash, or maybe even try out for the NBA... Continue Reading Robotic universal jamming gripper gets “shooting” capabilities

Section: Robotics

Tags: Coffee, Cornell University, DARPA, Robot, Robotics, University of Chicago

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