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Tesollo–Hanyang University Jointly Developed ‘Finger-Tip Changer’ Featured in IEEE Spectrum
Tesollo and the robotics hand and gripper technology developed by Professor Jihoon Bae’s research team at Hanyang University ERICA (RoCogMan Lab) are drawing attention after being featured consecutively by IEEE Spectrum, one of the world’s leading robotics media outlets.
Following the introduction of a “moonwalk” video using Tesollo’s multi-joint robotic hand DG-5F in IEEE Spectrum’s “Video Friday” section, the media outlet has now once again highlighted the “Finger-Tip Changer” technology, which expands the usability of multi-joint robotic grippers, through the same column.
The newly featured video was included in the episode titled “Video Friday: Humanoid Learns Tennis Skills Playing Humans” and focused on a modular structure that allows the gripper’s fingertips to be exchanged depending on the work environment and task objective. The demonstration was based on Tesollo’s DG-3F model and emphasized how different fingertip shapes could be applied while maintaining the same gripper structure, thereby improving adaptability across tasks.
The Finger-Tip Changer is a key technology designed to broaden the application range of multi-joint robotic grippers by enabling the end-tip structure to be replaced according to specific tasks and environmental conditions. Through this approach, the gripper can be reconfigured for optimized use in precision grasping, manipulation in narrow spaces, and fine pinching, without requiring changes to the core gripper structure itself.
In particular, the technology is the result of a joint research and development effort between Tesollo and Professor Jihoon Bae’s research team at Hanyang University ERICA (RoCogMan Lab). It combines Tesollo’s industrial gripper development experience with the laboratory’s expertise in robotic manipulation and gripper design. The case is especially meaningful in that a technology created through academic-industrial collaboration has been implemented on a real hardware platform and introduced through an international media outlet.
This consecutive coverage is noteworthy in that the same media outlet has highlighted different forms of robotic hand and gripper technologies from the same collaborators within a short period of time. While the earlier feature demonstrated the sophisticated joint control and expressive capability of a multi-joint robotic hand, the Finger-Tip Changer places the focus on the flexibility and practicality of an end-effector structure that can respond to changing task conditions.
Through these features, Tesollo and the Hanyang University research team have demonstrated that robotic hand and gripper technology is evolving beyond simple grasping devices into expandable platforms that can be adapted to various environments and task objectives. Moving forward, both sides plan to continue advancing gripper technologies that can be practically utilized in real industrial and research environments through ongoing collaboration.
Source: The Robot News