Abstract
Investigators publish new report on robotics. According to news originating from Xi’an Jiaotong University by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Soft pneumatic grippers can grasp soft or irregularly shaped objects, indicating potential applications in industry, agriculture, and healthcare.” Funders for this research include National Natural Science Foundation of China; Key R&D Program of Shaanxi, China. The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Xi’an Jiaotong University: “However, soft grippers rarely carry heavy and dense objects due to the intrinsic low modulus of soft materials in nature. This paper designed a soft robotic gripper with rigid supports to enhance lifting force by 150 ± 20% in comparison with that of the same gripper without supports, which successfully lifted a metallic wrench (672 g).” According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The soft gripper also achieves excellent adaptivity for irregularly shaped objects. The design, fabrication, and performance of soft grippers with rigid supports are discussed in this paper.”
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