Grippers have become an important part of material handling in industries ranging from electronics manufacturing to automotive assembly. In North America alone, for example, the gripper market is ...

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Shops must match robot gripper size and style to the application at hand. Robots and some automation systems can be useless if they do not have the correct part-gripping device. Like a human hand, ...

Grippers are available to suit just about any application, such as this parallel design used to handle DVDs. Identifying the best gripper for the application can be a daunting task given the thousands ...

The system is available with two different gripper types: A group of two to six fingers picks up workpieces and lifts them out of the transport container. As soon as one layer has been completely ...

image: Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are developing a new kind of gripper, motivated by the ability of animals like the gecko to grip and release surfaces, that is perfectly suited for ...