A Soft, Fast and Versatile Electrohydraulic Gripper with Capacitive Object Size Detection

The Robotic Materials Department at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has developed a new class of multi-material electrohydraulic bending actuators which enable soft and reconfigurable grippers with embodied intelligence. They actuate rapidly and conform to their target, allowing for fast and damage-free gripping of irregular, deformable and fragile objects. Each bending actuator can simultaneously be used as a capacitive sensor, enabling real-time pick verification and object size detection.
Learn more about "A Soft, Fast and Versatile Electrohydraulic Gripper with Capacitive Object Size Detection" in Advanced Functional Materials: doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202209080
Robotic Materials Department: rm.is.mpg.de/

[@somestuff7550]

This is amazing

[@J_gumbainia]

can you test to hasel actuator as a push power to filling in the mckibben hydraulic muscle as a fluid pressure actuator, hasel i believe they can fill the hydraulic muscle faster than electric pump, i hope can you make it for test it please.

[@juandiegoteran2459]

Only the bones are missing☠🙂.