Robotic hands have long strived to reach the performance of human hands. The physical
complexity and extraordinary capabilities of the human hand, in terms of sensing, actuation …

The hand palm plays a crucial, active role in human grasping and manipulation tasks.
However, in many of the currently available robotic hands, the palm is just a passive support …

Robotic grippers, inspired by human hands, show an extraordinary ability to manipulate
objects of various shapes, sizes, or materials. However, capturing objects with varying …

Soft robotic hands allow to fully exploit hand-object-environment interactions to complete
grasping tasks. However, their usability can still be limited in some scenarios (eg, restricted …

A widespread methodology to enhance the design of robotic devices is represented by
topology optimization. Typically, the optimization aims at designing a certain part of the robot …

Practical use of robotic manipulators made from soft materials requires generating and
executing complex motions. We present the first approach for generating trajectories of a …

Robotics hand/grippers nowadays are not limited to manufacturing lines; instead, they are
widely utilized in cluttered environments, such as restaurants, farms, and warehouses. In …

Food handling is a challenging task for robotic grippers, as it requires to manipulate highly
deformable and fragile items, that can be easily damaged. Moreover, ingredients for the …

Finding effective grasp strategies constitutes one of the main challenges in robotic
manipulation, especially when dealing with soft, underactuated, and non-anthropomorphic …

This letter presents a novel approach to object recognition using a reconfigurable gripper
with multiple time-of-flight (ToF) sensors attached to the fingers and palm, introducing the …