A gripper for grasping non-rigid material pieces out of a bundle

This paper deals with the concept, design, construction and experimental results of a gripper dedicated to the grasping of nonrigid material pieces out of a bundle. Based on a number of functional requirements a gripper is proposed with two passively rotating fingers and its performance is assessed experimentally in the case of grasping furs.

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