Jamming is a popular and versatile soft robotic mechanism, enabling new systems to be
developed that can achieve high stiffness variation with minimal volume variation …

We consider the problem of detecting robotic grasps in an RGB-D view of a scene
containing objects. In this work, we apply a deep learning approach to solve this problem …

Rigid robotic grippers are not capable of self-adjusting their grip size based on any real-time
changes in the dimensions of the target object. This problem of self-adjustment can be …

Recent work in the growing field of soft robotics has demonstrated a number of very
promising technologies. However, to make a significant impact in real-world applications …

In materials science, high performance is typically associated with regularity and order,
while disorder and the presence of defects are assumed to lead to sub-optimal outcomes …

Placing is a necessary skill for a personal robot to have in order to perform tasks such as
arranging objects in a disorganized room. The object placements should not only be stable …

In this work we experimentally demonstrate (a) that the holding strength of universal
jamming grippers increases as a function of the jamming pressure to greater than three …

The design of a soft-touch gripper is presented. This gripper consumes less than 60 W of
power during grasp or release motions, is self-contained, inherently gentle, and can grasp …

Granular jamming has been identified as a fundamental mechanism for the operation of
robotic grippers. In this work, we show, that soft particles like expanded polystyrene beads …

Granular jamming is a popular soft actuation mechanism that provides high stiffness
variability with minimum volume variation. Jamming is particularly interesting from a design …