Robotic Fingers with a Gentle Touch
From: Product Design & Development - 02/01/2016

EPFL scientists have invented a new soft gripper that uses electroadhesion:
flexible electrode flaps that act like a thumb-index duo. It can pick up
fragile objects of arbitrary shape and stiffness, like an egg, a water
balloon, or paper.

This lightweight gripper may soon be handling food for the food industry,
capturing debris in outer space or incorporated into prosthetic hands.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.pddnet.com/news/2016/02/robotic-fingers-gentle-touch

Links:
Jun Shintake
http://people.epfl.ch/jun.shintake

Robotic Fingers with a Gentle Touch (with video 1:41)
http://actu.epfl.ch/news/robotic-fingers-with-a-gentle-touch

Soft Electronics Can Aid Robotic Movement
http://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/component/content/article/1104-mdb/news/23885