Design and Control of a Multi-Modal Soft Gripper Inspired by Elephant Fingers
Shogo Washio,Kieran Gilday,Fumiya Iida,Shogo Washio,Kieran Gilday,Fumiya Iida
Soft grippers have the potential to solve many existing manipulation challenges, particularly in agile industry applications. However, existing soft grippers are often limited in the range of objects they can pick, or by cluttered environments. We present a design inspired by the nose and fingers at the end of an elephant's trunk, which can pick both by suction and pinching, allowing increased gra...
