How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything

How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, car manufacturing companies such as Ford quickly shifted their production focus from automobiles to masks and ventilators.

How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything

A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tes

How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything

A UW team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects — including a...