Free AR app helps to avoid robot hazards without a headset
13 February 2024 The German robot-maker Kuka has developed an AR (augmented reality) app that visualises robot cells live on a smartphone or tablet, helping to achieve fast,… Read More
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13 February 2024 
Geckos inspire gripper that can grasp almost anything
31 March 2023 The Chinese-American robotics developer Flexiv has announced a “revolutionary” robotic gripper that can lift almost anything that fits in its grasp, including oddly shaped items… Read More
‘First force-controlled parallel robot’ senses forces down to 0.1N
14 February 2023 A Chinese robot developer has announced what it describes as “the world’s first force-controlled parallel robot”. Shanghai-based Flexiv says that its Moonlight robot will be… Read More
Electric vacuum gripper is ‘the world’s most powerful’
11 March 2021 The Danish robotic end-effector developer OnRobot has announced what it claims is the world’s most-powerful electric vacuum gripper. The VGP20 gripper can lift 20kg loads… Read More
Food-certified soft gripper can handle eggs and fruit
24 April 2020 The Danish robotic end-effectors specialist OnRobot has developed a food-grade soft gripper capable of picking up delicate and irregularly-shaped objects in food, beverage, cosmetics and… Read More
Three-finger gripper grasps hard-to-handle objects
15 April 2020 The Danish manufacturer of robotic end-effectors, OnRobot, has developed a three-finger electric gripper that, it says, will simplify previously difficult-to-automate precision handling of cylindrical parts,… Read More
Touch-free gripper uses sound waves to hold tiny objects
3 February 2020 A Swiss researcher is developing a gripper technology that uses ultrasonic waves to hold and manipulate small objects without touching them. Marcel Schuck from ETH… Read More
Soft robotic gripper can lift items 100 times its weight
15 March 2019 Researchers in the US have developed a robotic gripper that’s soft and strong. The cone-shaped structure, called Magic Ball, collapses in on objects and can… Read More
Flexible robotic gripper works like a chameleon’s tongue
20 February 2019 A robotic gripper that holds workpieces in a similar way to how a chameleon’s tongue grabs and holds onto insects, has been developed by Festo. Read More
‘Tiniest tool-changer’ and first cobot gripper join range
13 September 2018 Just two months after the Danish firm OnRobot was formed by merging three robotics accessories businesses, it has acquired another company – Purple Robotics, which… Read More
