Gecko-inspired gripper does the twist to safely release delicate items By Ben Coxworth November 15, 2023 Gecko feet easily stick to surfaces without leaving any adhesive residue behind Depositphotos ...

I'm not sure when your last spacewalk was, but you probably remember it being a bit difficult to manipulate objects, what with the gloves and the microgravity and all. As such, your tools were ...

(Nanowerk News) Picking things up and putting them down is a mainstay of any kind of manufacturing, but fingers, human or robotic, are not always best for the task at hand. Researchers at the ...

(Nanowerk News) Robots generally need a gripper that adapts to three-dimensional surfaces. Such a gripper needs to be soft to adapt to a great variety of geometries, but not too soft, as it will ...

A robotic gripper inspired by the adhesive properties of gecko hands will soon be adorning robots around the world. We've written about OnRobot's Gecko Gripper before, but its commercial availability ...

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Ph.D., next to the robot Astrobee testing the gecko gripper on the International Space Station in April 2021. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), in April 2021, ...

Here on Earth, if you need something to stick, duct tape is the go-to solution. In space, getting things to stick is essential but tricky, and your everyday tapes and glue -- even duct tape -- don't ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket loaded with supplies and science experiments blasted off from Florida on Tuesday, boosting an Orbital ATK cargo capsule toward ...

ODENSE, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Danish manufacturer OnRobot today announced that its self-cleaning Gecko Gripper won the coveted Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (IERA) at the 50th ...

Researchers are developing a new kind of gripper, motivated by the ability of animals like the gecko to grip and release surfaces. Like the gecko, the gripper has 'tunable adhesion,' meaning that, ...

The gecko has become the inspiration for next-generation gripping mechanisms in soft robots. The gecko lizard family are known as some of the world's best climbers. There are over 5,000 species of ...