The compliance of soft grippers contributes to their great superiority over rigid grippers in
grasping irregularly shaped objects and forming soft contact with environments. Due to a …

Compared with rigid grippers, soft grippers show fantastic adaptability and flexibility in
grasping irregularly shaped and fragile objects. However, the low stiffness of the soft …

This article presents the design principle and fabrication of a variable stiffness soft robotic
gripper for adaptive grasping and robust holding. The proposed robotic gripper is based on …

In this research, a soft robotic gripper with a variable stiffness enabled by a novel positive
pressure layer jamming technology was developed and fabricated in two materials using …

The actuation of soft robotics has relied predominantly on pneumatic or hydraulic
transmissions. However, these transmissions require good sealing and complicated valve …

This article describes a novel design of bioinspired soft robotic fingers based upon hybrid
jamming principle—integrated layer jamming and particle jamming. The finger combines a …

We describe a simple passive universal gripper, consisting of a mass of granular material
encased in an elastic membrane. Using a combination of positive and negative pressure …

The ability to regulate the mechanical stiffness in a large range could be extremely important
for soft robots to interact with the environment more effectively. In this article, we propose a …

Soft robotics for medical, endoscopic applications requires a dexterous and compliant
mechanism to increase accessibility and decrease patient injury. However, soft structures do …

Gripping and holding of objects are key tasks for robotic manipulators. The development of
universal grippers able to pick up unfamiliar objects of widely varying shape and surface …