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Simple but General Gripper
Head: Matthew T. Mason and Siddhartha Srinivasa
Contact: Matthew T. Mason
Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Associated center(s) / consortia:
 Center for the Foundations of Robotics (CFR)
Associated lab(s) / group(s):
 Manipulation Lab
Overview
What type of hand should a robot have? Humans have very complex hands, with lots of fingers, muscles, and sensors. But is such complexity (and cost and weight) really necessary for generality? In fact, humans can achieve remarkable generality using simple prosthetic hooks, or tongs, or tweezers. This goal of this project is to develop a simple gripper, along with control and planning techniques, to enable general purpose manipulation.

The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
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