Grippers have become an important part of material handling in industries ranging from electronics manufacturing to automotive assembly. In North America alone, for example, the gripper market is ...

The octopus is an odd creature. The mollusc's large brain makes it a good problem solver, it has the ability to change color in double quick fashion, can dart off suddenly in a cloud of blackish ink ...

Festo now delivers the unique DHEB series of bellows grippers to customers in the electronics and light assembly industries. These bellows grippers expand in diameter when actuated by an integral ...

MISSISSAUGA — Festo’s growing portfolio of gripper solutions is expanding with the OGVM, a family of vacuum suction cups that makes the handling of heavy oily and dry sheets more dynamic. These ...

Product Briefing Outline: Festo has introduced a Bernoulli Gripper for transporting delicate work pieces such as solar cells and wafers. The most particular benefit of the gripper is the minimized air ...

Ahead of this month's Hannover Messe trade show in Germany, Festo's Bionic Learning Network has today previewed a new helium-filled flyer that merges two previous projects into a single future concept ...

Festo has entered into an agreement with ZAYTRAN, Inc., to become the exclusive distributor of ZAYTRAN products in the North American marketplace. Festo has entered into an agreement with ZAYTRAN, Inc ...

Apparently, the secret to making a more versatile multipurpose utility drone lies in the anatomy of the chameleon. Inspired by the chameleon’s prey-grabbing tongue, Festo has created a robot gripper ...

Generally speaking, robotic grippers are designed to handle specific objects. This is ideal for assembly lines, where every object the robot interacts with is exactly the same size and shape. But what ...

For the first time at SLAS, Festo Research demonstrates SupraMotion superconducting technology for automated contactless handling of samples in clean environments. The company is also showcasing its ...