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cs.RO2026
Hybrid Rigid-Soft Robotic Gripper with Shape Adaptation, Uniform Force Distribution, and Self-Locking Capabilities
Xi Chen, Yun Wang, Lichao Yang +2
The paper introduces a low‑cost hybrid rigid‑soft gripper that combines membrane‑based pneumatic actuation with 3D‑printed dual ratchet‑pawl mechanisms to achieve shape adaptation,…
cs.RO2026
Vision-Based Early Fault Diagnosis and Self-Recovery for Strawberry Harvesting Robots
Meili Sun, Chunjiang Zhao, Lichao Yang +3
Strawberry-harvesting robots faced challenges such as poor visual perception, gripper misalignment, empty grasp/misgrasp, and slippage, which reduced harvesting stability and effic…