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In 2010 I thought this demo video was pretty cool about using a balloon of ground coffee beans instead of the traditional pincer grip: https://www.youtube.com/w
by Jach 8y ago
In 2010 I thought this demo video was pretty cool about using a balloon of ground coffee beans instead of the traditional pincer grip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86G9DLJEagw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86G9DLJEagw Of course 8 years later there's been hardly any progress on that direction too. At least there's been a new company tombstone to reflect on: https://3dprint.com/162151/versaball-lessons-learned/ https://3dprint.com/162151/versaball-lessons-learned/
- Animats 8y agoThere's been progress, just not from those people. Festo, the big German automation company, built a better gripper using a silicone semiliquid rather than ground coffee beans. Festo has many different end effectors for industrial automation.[2] That's more useful in this space than a one-idea company. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7l-87r4oOY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7l-87r4oOY [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZScJsaepg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZScJsaepg