I’ve been out of the FIRST game for awhile now but I saw this video and had to share it:
Robotic grippers based on granular jamming
The Powerpuff Girls finally make sense. In all seriousness, this is pretty amazing! :o
Very cool. Annyone else see something like this as a potential variable-stiffness shock absorber?
In general I think this is awesome, I loved the reference to using this kind of manipulator in prosthetics. I don’t know if it could be used in FRC (although I tip my hat off to the teams who try), but it certainly is cool. thanks!
Here’s some previous threads on this type of gripper: