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Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test

Professors at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) have developed a soft robotic gripper that can pick up and hold objects, and also manipulate and reposition what it holds between its fingers without losing its grip. Rubber ducks and screwdrivers were used to test it.

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Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test

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