#microgrippers

Micro-grippers less than 1mm long steered through Pacman-like virtual maze — ScienceDaily

Micro-grippers may be able to navigate unstructured environments and could help reduce risk during surgeries, according to a study published December 13, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Federico Ongaro from the University of Twente, The Netherlands and colleagues.

Microrobotic technologies such as micro-grippers could potentially help grasp and manipulate objects in unstructured…