A refrain I hear from a lot of startups is that there’s “no need to rethink the gripper.” It’s something I appreciate from an economic standpoint. It’s expensive, resource intensive and both your time ...

Brennan Burns, an automation engineer at Shunk CoLab in North Carolina, gave Machine Design quick demo of automated machine tending at MD&M West 2025. He focused on the Schunk Gripper PGN-plus-P to ...

Industry has pushed for smaller footprints and more sustainable machines, and Festo has answered with its HPPF flat parallel gripper for space-constrained applications. The gripper is designed to ...

ONROBOT launched the MG10 out-of-the-box magnetic gripper for material handling, assembly, and machine tending, fully compatible with all major robot brands. The MG10 offers adjustable force and grip ...

Addman Advanced Metals has scaled from a single 3D printer to 25 while also building out a robust array of subtractive machines. In this video, find out how the shop manages its additive and ...

This figure illustrates the automated classification and placement system that integrates a capillary force gripper with machine learning. The left panel shows the system configuration, in which a ...