Soft Robotics
CEO: Carl Vause
Soft Robotics specializes in designing robotics that mimic the human hand for grasping and manipulating items. Key use cases have included bin picking and sorting for industries such as e-commerce, retail and grocery. Earlier this year, Bedford, Mass.-based Soft Robotics launched its first on-demand modular automation system, the mGrip. The system aims to accelerate the spread of soft robotics, allowing users to quickly create their own production-ready systems. In October, Soft Robotics unveiled its new coDrive offering, which brings the mGrip technology to collaborative robots without the need for tethered pressurized air. The modular system "allows mGrip to be deployed where the customer needs it, untethering the system for a variety of collaborative robotic applications such as pick and place, packaging, and machine tending," the company said in a news release.
