Thursday, July 6, 2017

Stanford engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris

07/06/2017 04:02 PM EDT

close up of the robotic gripper

Researchers combined gecko-inspired adhesives and a custom robotic gripper to create a device for grabbing space debris. They tested their gripper in multiple zero gravity settings, including the International Space Station. Photos courtesy Stanford University


Full story at http://news.stanford.edu/press/view/15235

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Stanford University


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