In this paper, we present a recent survey on robotic grippers. In many cases, modern
grippers outperform their older counterparts which are now stronger, more repeatable, and …

Advances in soft robotics, materials science, and stretchable electronics have enabled rapid
progress in soft grippers. Here, a critical overview of soft robotic grippers is presented …

Soft grippers have experienced a growing interest due to their considerable flexibility that
allows them to grasp a variety of objects, in contrast to hard grippers, which are designed for …

The objective of this paper is to provide an up-to-date overview of gripping mechanisms for
industrial robots. A brief description of a variety of conventional gripping devices used for …

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 …

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 …

Grasping in constrained environments is, to this day, an ongoing research topic. Objects can
rarely be grasped from arbitrary directions, hence the need to study the options available to …

Soft robotics has yielded numerous examples of soft grippers that utilize compliance to
achieve impressive grasping performances with great simplicity, adaptability, and …

Grasping and manipulation are fundamental ways for many creatures to interact with their
environments. Different morphologies and grasping methods of “grippers” are highly …

Autonomous grasping is an important but challenging task and has therefore been
intensively addressed by the robotics community. One of the important issues is the ability of …