Soft graspers are compliant manipulation primitives that wrap around objects with distributed contact, reducing the risk of damage to fragile items and the people interacting with them. The work combines fabric-based actuation with selective bending control to enable gentle, conformable grasping.
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Soft Graspers
2019 · IEEE RoboSoft
P. H. Nguyen, S. Sridar, S. Amatya, C. Thalman, P. Polygerinos
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