A new gripper mechanism has been designed with that in mind. Developed by a team of engineers at Colorado State University, the device is mounted on top of a third-party MAV.

Existing grippers that can expand are bulky because they need additional mechanisms to get gripping appendages to expand. The gripper the UC San Diego team developed solves this problem.

The mechanism should be fairly easy to replicate using 3D printed components, a piece of toothed belt, and two cheap servos, so get cracking! Gripper come in all shapes and sizes.

Nanoscale rotor and gripper push DNA origami to new limits. April 7, 2017 March 8, 2016 by Brian Wang. ... In the journal Science Advances, they describe a rotor mechanism formed from interlocking 3-D ...

A team in Australia has tapped into the world of biomimicry to build a new type of robotic gripper modeled on an elephant’s trunk that has the ability to pick up and release objects even when ...

To construct the vacuum gripper mechanism, the researchers arrange bundles of these ultrathin wires in the manner of a circular muscle around a thin metal disc that can flip up or down, ...

The PWG-plus angular gripper features a double-oval piston drive; a one-piece, high-strength aluminum housing; and a practically wear-free lever mechanism. Extensive accessories ...

The gripper mechanism automatically adjusts to the size of the lid and a button press opens it up. This, according to the Black & Decker page, “Saves time and simplifies the often-dreaded task ...