Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have taken inspiration from nature to develop a new robotic gripper.
Robotic gripper made from coffee-filled balloon
From grasping to manipulation with gecko-inspired adhesives on a multifinger gripper
Self-spinning filaments for autonomously linked microfibers
Bio‐Inspired Soft Grippers Based on Impactive Gripping - Zhou - 2021 - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library
Grasping through dynamic weaving with entangled closed loops
Ultragentle manipulation of delicate structures using a soft robotic gripper
Tentacle robot can gently grasp fragile objects
A Sea-Anemone-Inspired, Multifunctional, Bistable Gripper
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake