Harvard engineers know how tough it is to win at claw games, so they wanted to improve upon the gripper, resulting in a bizarre tentacle robot that mimics the mechanics of curly hair. More specifically , a robotic gripper that consists of a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects like how a jellyfish would collect stunned prey.
Thanks to its ability to entangle itself with the object it is attempting to grasp, the strength as well as adaptability are very flexible. Each of the filaments measure about a foot-long and are basically hollow, rubber tubes. One side sports thicker rubber than the other, so when the tube is pressurized, it curls like a pigtail. To grip things underwater, you’ll want an octa-glove with octopus inspired suckers.
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This new approach to robotic grasping complements existing solutions by replacing simple, traditional grippers that require complex control strategies with extremely compliant, and morphologically complex filaments that can operate with very simple control. This approach expands the range of what’s possible to pick up with robotic grippers,” said Professor Robert Wood, co-corresponding author of the paper.
