Vacuum-based end effectors are widely used in industry and are often preferred over
parallel-jaw and multifinger grippers due to their ability to lift objects with a single point of …

Shelves are common in homes, warehouses, and commercial settings due to their storage
efficiency. However, this efficiency comes at the cost of reduced visibility and accessibility …

Vacuum-based handling is widely used in industrial production systems, particularly for
hand-ling of sheet metal parts. The process design for such handling tasks is mostly based …

This paper is dedicated to soft grippers, robot tools with a wide application area in various
activities where an accurate and delicate grabbing movement is required such as routine …

Picking cluttered general objects is a challenging task due to the complex geometries and
various stacking configurations. Many prior works utilize pose estimation for picking, but …

Grasping a wide range of novel objects in densely cluttered scenes is difficult due to
irregular shapes of objects and the uncertainty in sensing. In this paper, a novel vacuum cup …

Suction plays an important role in the disordered manufacturing scenarios because of its
single-point contact and reliability. The prediction of suction region is the primary problem …

Grasp planning for vacuum-based handling is typically based on prior knowledge and
experience. The most adequate grasp positions are selected and distributed manually. The …

A vacuum lifter is widely used to hold and pick up large, heavy, and flat objects.
Conventionally, when using a vacuum lifter, a human worker watches the state of a running …

A concept consisting of a new configurable vacuum gripper system and a corresponding
method for determining optimal grasp configurations solely based on 3D vision is …