– 2014 –

• Bloomberg Businessweek – Robots That Show Their Softer Side
• Formlabs Applications – Meet Empire Robotics
• RIA Robotics Online – Take My Hand, Behold the Future of Robot End Effectors
• Wired – A Beanbag Robot Hand That Works Insanely Well
• Popular Science – Throw Your Jams In The Air: Morphing Robotic Hands Have Arrived
• ABC News – Prosthetic Hand Is Low-Tech But Ingeniously Effective
• Yahoo! Tech – This Beanbag on a Stick Will Change the Way You Think About Robotic Hands
• Robotx World – Empire Robotics’ New Multitasking VERSABALL® Gripper Ushers In Fundamental Agile Manufacturing Change
• Tooling & Production – Get A Grip! New Ball-Like Gripper Brings Greater Versatility to Automation Line
• World Industrial Reporter – Empire Unveils Revolutionary Soft-Robotics Gripper for Agile Manufacturing
• Drives & Controls – Ball-shaped gripper adapts to objects with different shapes
• Industrial Machinery Digest – Empire Robotics Presents the VERSABALL
• Designfax – Impressive ‘coffee-filled’ soft robotics gripper now available commercially
• The Boston Globe – A whole new way to get a grip
• Boston.com – Boston startup Empire Robotics wants to help robots get a better grip
• Gizmodo – These Spherical Robot “Hands” Let You Build Things With Balls
• IEEE Spectrum – Video Friday: Game of Drones, Jamming Grippers, and RoboCop Is Back
• IEEE Spectrum – Does your robot arm have balls? If not, maybe it should
• National Science Foundation – Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
• Science Daily – Innovative Soft Robotics Technology Spawns New Products
• gizmag – Coffee-filled robotic gripper becomes a commercial product
• Slashdot – Low-Cost Morphing Robotic Hands Could Revolutionize Blue-Collar Bionics
• The Robot Report – New-tech grippers hit the market
• Robotics Tomorrow – Service Robotics Awards at AUTOMATICA 2014
• Robotics Tomorrow – The Universal Jamming Gripper is Now Available for Sale as VERSABALL
• Robotics Trends – Empire Robotics Debuts VERSABALL Jamming Gripper
• RIA Robotics Online – The Universal Jamming Gripper is Now Available for Sale as VERSABALL
• Phys.org – Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
• KurzweilAI News – A gripper using soft robotics
• Communications of the ACM – Innovative Technology Spawns Commercial Robotic Gripper
• Vision & Robotics – VERSABALL; dexterous manipulation revisited
• Product Design & Development – Soft Robotics Spawns New Gripper Technology
• Cornell Chronicle – Robotic gripper makes marketplace debut
• U. Chicago News – Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
• Industrial Machinery Digest – Universal Jamming Gripper now available for sale as VERSABALL
• Service Robotics Masters – Service Robotics Awards at AUTOMATICA 2014
• Designfax – Impressive ‘coffee-filled’ soft robotics gripper now available commercially
• Innovation Toronto- Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
• Technology.org – Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
• FuzeHub – Industrial Robotics – Empire Robotics ‘gets a grip’
• Cybernetics News – Innovative soft robotics technology spawns new products
• Extreme Tech – Soft robotic gripper uses vacuum pressure and a beanbag to move objects
• Robohub – New-tech grippers hit the market
• Ubergizmo – Versaball Robot Picks Up Just About Anything
• DVICE – You can now buy the robotic Versaball and pick up anything
• Pocket-lint – Versaball is the robot hand that can pick up anything
• Transformational Technologies – Innovative Soft Robotics Technology Spawns New Products
• GeoBeats – Low-tech prosthetic hand design is highly effective
• dpa – ‘Soft’ robotics technology moves from research to commercialisation
• Balas.lt – Pradeta naudoti “minkstu” robotu technologija
• Elektronika.lt – Inovatyvi “minkstu” robotu technologija
• Tekniikka & Talous – Robottikasi tarttuu hellavaraisesti mihin tahansa esineeseen

– 2013 –

• NPR Science Friday – Give yourself a hand with a DIY gripper
• CNN – How rodents and coffee could shape future space robots
• Under 30 CEO – Business Plan Competitions Important to Building Operations Side of a Start-up
• Cornell Business Journal – Cornell Venture Challenge – The Place To Be, The Deal To Make
• NAPEC – Innovation Challenge winner, Empire Robotics
• Worchester Business Journal – Robotics Startup Takes Prize At WPI Venture Forum Contest
• BR Venture Fund – 2013 Cornell Venture Challenge: Winners and Finalists
• Licensing Executives Society – Cornell University Spinout Empire Robotics Wins Competition
• Nibletz – Cornell University Startup: Empire Robotics Wins Five Minute Pitch Contest

– 2012 –

• TIME – This Amazing Coffee-Filled Robot Can Beat You at Darts
• Popular Science – Video: Coffee-Filled Robot Paw Learns How to Throw
• Wired – Video: Robotic Arm Shoots Hoops, Darts
• Nature – From Downtown! Innovative robot hand learns to shoot hoops
• IEEE Spectrum – Jamming Robot Gripper Learns to Throw Stuff, Humans Surrender
• Huffington Post – Universal Gripper Robot Arm Throws Basketballs, Darts
• engadget – Universal robot gripper sinks shots, throws darts, makes us feel inadequate
• MSNBC News – Hoop-playing robot may push you out of a job
• Phys.org – Research group extends capabilities of jamming universal gripper robot arm effector
• PC Mag – Researchers Build Robot Arm That Can Shoot Hoops, Toss Darts
• Tech Hive – New Robot Shoots Hoops Like a Pro, Isn’t as Good as Jeremy Lin
• Gizmodo UK – This Tossing Robot Shoots Mini-Hoops and Throws Darts Better Than Me
• gizmag – Robotic universal jamming gripper gets “shooting” capabilities
• Mashable – New Robotic Arm Looks Nothing Like Our Own
• Right This Minute – Robot Arm Shoots Hoops and Plays Darts
• Geekosystem – Robot Shoots Baskets, Makes Bullseyes Without Hands
• ubergizmo – Robotic arm shoots like Jeremy Lin
• ZME Science – Robotic hand gripper shoots hoops, plays darts without fingers
• technabob – Robot Shoots Hoops, Nothing but (Sky)net
• Red Orbit – Robot Hand Capable Of Grasping, Throwing Objects
• ScaryBot – Universal Jamming Grippers Throw
• The Verge – Cornell’s robotic arm shuns the humanoid hand
• Slash Gear – Cornell University engineers develop dart-throwing, basketball-shooting robot
• The Blaze – Watch this robotic arm with a ‘jamming gripper’ shoot hoops, toss darts
• Robotics Bible – Robotic universal jamming gripper helps to throw objects
• Fellow Geek – Cornell Creates Awesome Robotic Hand Unlike Any Other
• Transhumanistic – Win one for the (universal jamming) gripper
• AZoRobotics – Robotic Gripper Uses Air Pressure to Throw Objects

– 2010 –

• • Scientific American – No high-tech high five, this robot uses a beanbag for a hand
  • The Washington Post – Scientists get a grip on grasping
  • MIT Technology Review – A Blob for a Robot Hand
  • MSNBC News – Shape-shifting robot gripper picks up anything
  • Reuters – Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
  • Discover – A Robot With Beanbag Hands Learns the Gentle Touch
  • New Scientist – Robots could ditch fingers for beanbags
  • Gizmodo – Spare Some Coffee and a Balloon and You’ve Got Yourself an Extra Hand
  • Wired – Fingerless Robotic Hand Can Pick Anything
  • IEEE Spectrum – Robotic Gripper Made from Coffee-Filled Balloon Picks Up Anything
  • Popular Science – A Robot With Coffee-Filled Balloons For Hands Is The Best Grabber Yet
  • Discovery – Robot Grip Can Lift Eggs as Well as Steel Beams
  • Science – Robot ‘Hands’ Write Without Fingers
  • Servo Magazine – Getting A Grip: Fingerless Robot Hand Grabs, Carries, Pours, and Writes
  • Science Daily – Robotic Gripper Runs On Coffee… and Balloons
  • Nature – Ground coffee helps robots get a grip
  • wttw11 Scientific Chicago – One for the Gripper
  • Cornell Chronicle – Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper
  • Make Magazine – Get A Grip: vol. 27, pp. 78
  • Hizook – “Jamming” Robot Gripper Gets Official: Article Published in PNAS
  • io9 – An amazingly versatile robot hand, made of balloons and coffee grounds
  • Tech News Daily – Robotic Shape-Shifting Gripper Picks Up Anything
  • Fast Company – Robots fashion hands out fo coffee grounds, party balloons
  • KurzweilAI – Low-cost robotic gripper replaces human hand and fingers
  • The Register – DARPA fashions miracle robotic attachment from balloon, coffee
  • Sify News – ‘Universal’ robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons!
  • Topnews – Shape-shifting robot gripper can pick up objects of different shapes
  • gizmag – Robotic gripper picks up objects using coffee grounds and a balloon
  • Science News – Robots can use coffee as a picker-upper
  • Phys.org – Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper
  • PC Mag – Coffee, Balloons Help Robotic Arm Grip Items
  • ubergizmo – Balloon And Coffee Grounds Turned Into A Robot Grip

• Over 150 more articles are available on the Cornell Creative Machines Lab website here.