- Harvard University researchers have designed a robotic arm that is able to imitate the tentacles of an octopus
Researchers at Harvard University have designed a robotic arm that is able to imitate the tentacles of an octopus. The Festo Tentacle Gripper robot is able to grip, move, and manipulate a wide range of objects.
For example, it can open jars and wrap an arm around a coffee cup. The tapered design and suction cups of the robot also gives it a firm grasp on objects of all shapes and sizes. And this design could potentially be used in the creation of next-generation soft robotic actuators.
The researchers involved in this project include Zhexin Xie, August G. Domel, Ning An, Connor Green, Zheyuan Gong, Tianmiao Wang, Elias M. Knubben, James C. Weaver, Katia Bertoldi, and Li Wen.
Here is a video demo of how it works:
