Piab Introduces Vacuum-driven Soft Gripper for Collaborative Robots

Introducing Piab's new vacuum-driven soft gripper.

Cost effective solution for handling sensitive and difficult objects

Piab is proud to introduce the new soft gripping tool piSOFTGRIP®, The vacuum-based soft gripper will grip sensitive and lightweight objects of odd geometries and/or an unusual surface. It is ideal for bin-picking of any small, irregularly shaped objects, food, toys, there are numerous potential applications.

piSOFTGRIP® has three gripping fingers and a vacuum cavity, all made in one piece, resulting in a simple and robust product. As it is vacuum-driven, the gripping force is easily adjusted and controlled by the applied vacuum level.

Combined with Piab’s end-of-arm vacuum tool piCOBOT®,  the piSOFTGRIP® offers a powerful and flexible “plug and play” extension for collaborative robots. As both piCOBOT® and piSOFTGRIP® offer compressed air saving functionality (ES), virtually no energy is needed to perform a grip and release. The handy and application-friendly soft gripper is already UR certified for such use.

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