In the past few years, we have covered a whole host of soft robots capable of handling fragile items. The DLR CLASH Hand is a clever solution developed within the EU-Project Soma that can grasp various fruits and vegetables. It has variable stiffness which can be adapted to the items the hand is going to pick up.
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The DLR CLASH hand - a soft gripper for commercial food handling
The CLASH hand has 3 fingers and 7 degrees of freedom. It is driven by 8 motors. The CLASH hand is made at a lower cost thanks to its modular design and 3D printed parts.
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