![]() ![]() Alone, individual tentacles, or filaments, are weak. Taking inspiration from nature, they designed a new type of soft, robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects, similar to how jellyfish collect stunned prey. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated an easier way. Most of today’s robotic grippers rely on embedded sensors, complex feedback loops, or advanced machine learning algorithms, combined with the skill of the operator, to grasp fragile or irregularly shaped objects. Imagine how much more nerve-wracking that game would be if, instead of plush stuffed animals, you were trying to grab a fragile piece of endangered coral or a priceless artifact from a sunken ship. If you’ve ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how hard it is to grab and hold onto objects using robotics grippers. ![]()
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