Ink-Jet Printed Electro-Adesive Grippers

Retention actions are better suited than simple compression forces in applications requiring the grasping of objects that are fragile, compliant or of irregular shape. One of the principles that can be used to create a retention action between two mating surfaces is electro-adhesion. In addition to provide an overview on the major findings reported so far by different research group in the world, this work describes the preliminary results on the development of electro-adhesive devices manufactured by ink-jet printing and blade coating that have been obtained at the SAIMA Laboratory (namely, the Laboratory for Innovative Sensors and Actuators for Advanced Manufacturing), established by a research agreement between the STIIMA Institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and the University of Bologna (UNIBO).https://youtu.be/2GJQGy8FBE