Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee ... and Balloons

Opting for simple elegance, researchers from Cornell University, University of Chicago and iRobot have bypassed traditional designs based around the human hand and fingers, and created a versatile gripper using everyday ground coffee and a latex party balloon. (PNAS, Oct. 25, 2010.)

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