Chinese engineers developed biomimetic soft drone grippers inspired by climbing plants, enabling UAVs to perform various tasks.

Chinese engineers have developed biomimetic soft drone grippers inspired by climbing plants, enabling UAVs to perform various tasks such as retrieving keys from tree branches. These grippers address the limitations of rigid UAV grippers, which are heavy and have a single grasping mode. The new grippers are modeled after tendril plants and climbing plants with hook-like structures, which enable them to scale tall buildings and tightly clutch branches.

May 13, 2024
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