This soft touch gripper is a gripping tool that brings exceptional delicacy to gripping and lifting even the most difficult of objects. It's more precise than human beings, and less damaging than traditional robots. That means it can cut down on damage and breakages throughout the manufacturing and packaging world. | Interesting Engineering

Taking inspiration from nature, SEAS researchers designed a new type of soft, robotic gripper that uses a collection of thin tentacles to entangle and ensnare objects, similar to how jellyfish collect stunned prey. Alone, individual tentacles, or filaments, are weak. But together, the collection of filaments can grasp and securely hold heavy and oddly shaped objects. The gripper relies on simple inflation to wrap around objects and doesn’t require sensing, planning, or feedback control. Credit: