3D printing of soft grippers with multimaterial design: towards shape conformance and tunable rigidity

• Main Authors: Yeong, Wai Yee, Goh, Guo Liang, Goh, Guo Dong, Lee, Samuel, Altherr, Jannick, Tan, Jingyuan, Campolo, Domenico
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Additive Manufacturing; Soft Robotics; Multi-Material
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163029
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Grippers with shape conformance and tunable rigidity are often achieved using a combination of soft and rigid structures made of different materials. These grippers are often known as soft grippers. In this review article, various gripper designs with shape conforming ability and stiffness tunabilit...