State-of-the-art robotic grippers, grasping and control strategies, as well as their applications in agricultural robots: A review

B Zhang, Y Xie, J Zhou, K Wang, Z Zhang - Computers and Electronics in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grasping, carrying and placing of objects are the fundamental capabilities and common
operations for robots and robotic manipulators. Grippers are the most essential components …

A century of robotic hands

C Piazza, G Grioli, MG Catalano… - Annual Review of Control …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
This article reports on the state of the art of artificial hands, discussing some of the field's
most important trends and suggesting directions for future research. We review and group …

Rearrangement: A challenge for embodied ai

D Batra, AX Chang, S Chernova, AJ Davison… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
We describe a framework for research and evaluation in Embodied AI. Our proposal is
based on a canonical task: Rearrangement. A standard task can focus the development of …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing self-powered robotic systems with triboelectric nanogenerators

S Hajra, S Panda, H Khanberh, V Vivekananthan… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), offering self-powered actuation, grasping, and
sensing capabilities without the need for an external power source, have the potential to …

Dexterous imitation made easy: A learning-based framework for efficient dexterous manipulation

SP Arunachalam, S Silwal, B Evans… - 2023 ieee international …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimizing behaviors for dexterous manipulation has been a longstanding challenge in
robotics, with a variety of methods from model-based control to model-free reinforcement …

A bimodal soft electronic skin for tactile and touchless interaction in real time

J Ge, X Wang, M Drack, O Volkov, M Liang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The emergence of smart electronics, human friendly robotics and supplemented or virtual
reality demands electronic skins with both tactile and touchless perceptions for the …

A soft, fast and versatile electrohydraulic gripper with capacitive object size detection

Z Yoder, D Macari, G Kleinwaks… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotic grippers achieve increased versatility and reduced complexity through
intelligence embodied in their flexible and conformal structures. The most widely used soft …

A 3D-printed omni-purpose soft gripper

C Tawk, A Gillett, M in het Panhuis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Numerous soft grippers have been developed based on smart materials, pneumatic soft
actuators, and underactuated compliant structures. In this article, we present a three …

Current designs of robotic arm grippers: A comprehensive systematic review

J Hernandez, MSH Sunny, J Sanjuan, I Rulik, MII Zarif… - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent technological advances enable gripper-equipped robots to perform many tasks
traditionally associated with the human hand, allowing the use of grippers in a wide range of …

A statistical review of industrial robotic grippers

L Birglen, T Schlicht - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
With the recent introduction of ambitious industrial strategies such as Horizon 2020 and
Industry 4.0, a massive focus has been placed on the development of an efficient robotic …