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Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test
First reported Source: Tech Xplore RoboticsLast editorial activity
What happened
Professors at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA) have developed a soft robotic gripper capable not only of picking up and holding objects but also of manipulating and repositioning what it holds between its fingers without losing its grip.
Sources & evidence
- Tech Xplore Robotics Reporting source
Rubber ducks and screwdrivers put dexterous new soft robotic gripper to the test ↗
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-rubber-ducks-screwdrivers-dexterous-soft.html