Cornell Chronicle: Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper by Anne Ju [pdf] The Shed: Coffee with grip by Terry Snow [pdf]
American Institute of Physics: Riving Robots a Hand [pdf]
Ivanhoe Broadcast News: Riving Robots a Hand [pdf]
Make Magazine: Get A Grip vol. 27, pp. 78 [pdf]
Hizook: "Jamming" Robot Gripper Gets Official: Article Published in PNAS by Travis Deyle [pdf]
io9: An amazingly versatile robot hand, made of balloons and coffee grounds by Esther Inglis-Arkell [pdf]
TechNewsDaily: Robotic Shape-Shifting Gripper Picks Up Anything by Michelle Bryner [pdf]
Fast Company: Robots Fashion Hands Out of Coffee Grounds, Party Balloons by Ariel Schwarts [pdf]
Science News: Robotic gripper runs on coffee … and balloons [pdf]
Kurzweil: Low-cost robotic gripper replaces human hand and fingers [pdf]
The Register: DARPA fashions miracle robotic attachment from balloon, coffee by Lewis Page [pdf]
Sify: 'Universal' robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons! [pdf]
TopNews: Shape-shifting robot gripper can pick up objects of different shapes by John Davidson [pdf]
Network World: Is there anything the coffee- and balloon-powered robotic Universal Gripper can't handle? by Bob Brown [pdf]
TG Daily: Robotic gripper made from coffee and balloons [pdf]
GizMag: Robotic gripper picks up objects using coffee grounds and a balloon by Darren Quick [pdf]
ScienceNews: Robots can use coffee as a picker-upper by Laura Sanders [pdf]
India Talkies: ‘Universal’ robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons! by Tanushree [pdf]
techyum: Robot Hand is a Balloon Filled With Coffee Grounds by Thomas Roche [pdf]
BotJunkie: Balloon Plus Coffee Grounds Equals Versatile Robot Gripper by Evan Ackerman [pdf]
Machines Like Us: Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper [pdf]
Genetic Engineering News: Robotic gripper runs on coffee ... and balloons [pdf]
Heise Online (German): Robotertechnik: Auf die Körnung kommt es an [pdf]
The Engineer: Robotic gripper made from coffee-filled balloon [pdf]
PhysOrg: Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper [pdf]
PCmag: Coffee, Balloons Help Robotic Arm Grip Items by Sara Yin [pdf]
ABC (Australia): Ground coffee helps robot get a grip [pdf]
SmartPlanet: Video: Coffee-stuffed balloon is an incredibly effective robot hand by John Herrman [pdf]
Lab Spaces: Robotic gripper runs on coffee ... and balloons [pdf]
Robotics Wire: Coffee-Filled Latex Balloon Gives Robots a Hand by Beecher Tuttle [pdf]
Slash Gear: Dalek-style robot gripper could be handy for amputees by Chris Davies [pdf]
Daily Tech: Robotic Arm Writes, Draws, Grasps Objects Without Fingers by Tiffany Kaiser [pdf]
Gearlog: Versatile Robot Arm Built With Coffee Grounds, A Balloon by Brian Heater [pdf]
CrunchGear: Universal Gripper: Sounds Like It Grips The Universe, But It’s Just A Cool Robotic Hand by Devin Coldewey [pdf]
The American Prospect: Your Tax Dollars At Work, Squishy Dextrous Edition by Paul Waldman [pdf]
Tom's Style: Robot Hand Made From Balloon and Coffee by Roman Cruz [pdf] Investors.com: Coffee gives robot better grip [pdf]
Ubergizmo: Balloon And Coffee Grounds Turned Into A Robot Grip [pdf]
Switched: Coffee-Filled Robot 'Hand' Can Pick Up Almost Anything by Terrence O'Brien [pdf]
TFTS: DARPA Robot Uses A Balloon and Coffee Grounds To Pick Things Up by Steve Andersen [pdf]
Ceramic Tech Today: Video(s) of the week: Granular material techniques reboot robots’ grip by Peter Wray [pdf]
Hack a Day: Robot gripper uses coffee to pick up anything by Mike Szczys [pdf]
Singularity Hub: iRobot’s Universal Gripper Pours A Drink and Draws Shapes (video) by Aaron Saenz [pdf]
Neatorama: Robot Hand is a Balloon Filled with Coffee by John Farrier [pdf]
Product Design & Development: Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee ... and Balloons [pdf]
R&D Magazine: Robotic gripper runs on coffee and balloons [pdf]
e! Science News: Robotic gripper runs on coffee ... and balloons [pdf]
Newswise: Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee … and Balloons [pdf]
Scientific Computing: Researchers develop universal robotic gripper [pdf]
Robots.net: Coffee Ground Filled Balloon Gripper Holds Promise [pdf]
Co.Design: Robot "Hand" Made of Coffee Grounds and a Balloon Picks Up Almost Anything by John Pavlus [pdf]
Spiegel Online (German): Kaffeepulver-Hand greift schonend zu [pdf]
Robots and More: Universal Jamming Gripper [pdf]
U. Chicago Science Life: Linkage 10/29: Coffee Grounds & The New Beagle [pdf]
treehugger: Get a Grip: Robotic Hand Made From Balloon and Coffee Grounds by Lloyd Alter [pdf]
Antenna (Science Museum Londo): Robot gets a grip by Dominique Driver [pdf]
The Money Times: Robot uses 'bean bag' hand on objects [pdf]
The Polijam Times: Robot uses 'bean bag' hand on objects [pdf]
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Robot uses 'bean bag' hand on objects [pdf]
United Press International: Robot uses 'bean bag' hand on objects [pdf]
Daily India: ‘Universal’ robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons! [pdf]
BotJunkie: More Details On Jammin’ Robot Gripper by Evan Ackerman [pdf]
Technology Daily: Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee … and Balloons [pdf]
CNET: Ground coffee + party balloon = robot gripper by Tim Hornyak [pdf]
Technicle Below Elbow Amputee Issues: Universal robot gripper based on jamming of granular material [pdf]
Sc&Tech: Coffee-filled balloon makes world's most dextrous robotic gripper [pdf]
New Scientist: Innovation: Better hands may help robots grasp meaning by Helen Knight [pdf]
About.com, Physics: Robot Says: "Look Ma, No Hands ... But I Have a Balloon with Coffee Grounds!" by Andrew Zimmerman Jones [pdf]
Robot Snob: Jamming Transition Used as Robotic Gripper by Sheila Franklin [pdf]
Big Think: Robotic Hand Offers Gentle Grip for Fragile Objects by Maria Popova [pdf]
The Washington Post: Robotic hand might become a valuable gripper even though it has no fingers by Kristen Minogue [pdf]
Coffee Things: ROBOTIC HAND GETS TO GRIPS WITH COFFEE [pdf] CNET Asia: Robotic hand made of ground coffee and party balloon by Tim Hornyak [pdf] Ars Technica: Universal gripper bests robotic hands in adaptability by Casey Johnston [pdf] Geek.com Robot uses balloon full of coffee grounds to pick up anything by Matthew Humphries [pdf]
腾讯网(Tencent): 新型机械手没有“手指” 能端水壶拿螺丝刀
新浪网(Sina): 简单科技：气球+咖啡=机械手
MIT Technology Review (Chinese): 看万能“机器手”是如何“炼”成的
Engadget (Chinese): 哆啦A梦，我们来猜拳！
Mumbai Mirror:
Coffee helps robots get a grip
[pdf]
Leader-Post:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Star Phoenix:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Montreal Gazette:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Vancouver Sun:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Province:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Times Colonist:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Calgary Herald:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Windsor Star:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Edmonton Journal:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Ottawa Citizen:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
Canada.com:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The St. Catherines Standard:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
truthDive:
‘Universal’ robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons!
[pdf]
Newstrack India:
'Universal' robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons!
[pdf]
news24:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
One India:
'Universal' robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons!
[pdf]
Top News:
'Universal' robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons!
[pdf]
Thaindian News:
'Universal' robotic hand runs on coffee and party balloons!
[pdf]
TVNZ:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
Asia One:
Robot hand has vacuum-firm grip
[pdf]
The Straits Times:
New robotic grip invented
[pdf]
Engineering Exchange:
Presenting the Universal Jamming Gripper
by Lance Brown
[pdf]
Ezine Articles:
Can the Famous Robotic Coffee Gripper Be Used to Assist NASA Missions to Asteroids?
by Lance Winslow
[pdf]
Designboom:
robot gripper made from coffee grounds and balloon
[pdf]
World.edu:
Robotic gripper runs on coffee … and balloons
[pdf]
The X-Journals:
Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee … And Balloons
[pdf]
Rob Aid:
Balloon filled with ground coffee makes for versatile robotic gripper
[pdf]
Instructables:
Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee and Balloons - Updated with video
[pdf]
DesignCorner:
robot gripper made from coffee grounds and balloon
[pdf]
RobotShop Blog:
Universal Robot Gripper From Balloon and Coffee
[pdf]
Innovation Toronto:
Robotic gripper picks up objects using coffee grounds and a balloon
[pdf]
my Science:
Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper
[pdf]
o&p Business News:
Robotic Gripper Fueled by Coffee Grounds and Balloons
[pdf]
Cybernetics News:
Robotic gripper runs on coffee ... and balloons
[pdf]
Mechatronic Tips:
Universal Gripper Utilizes Coffee Bean-Filled Balloon
[pdf]
Science & Technologies:
Robotic Gripper Runs On Coffee And Balloons
[pdf]
Robotionary.com:
Robot, Balloon, And Coffee For A Universal Gripper Robot
[pdf]
Adafruit Industries:
Balloon filled with ground coffee makes ideal robotic gripper
[pdf]
Robotize:
Ground coffee helps robot get a grip
[pdf]
Masters Connection:
Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee ... and Balloons
[pdf]
ideaworks:
Get a grip with coffee and party balloons
[pdf]
Technology Around:
Balloon And Coffee Grounds Turned Into A Robot Grip
[pdf]
Medical Daily:
Robotic gripper runs on coffee ... and balloons
[pdf]
Illinois Ag Connection:
Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee... and Balloons
[pdf]
engadget:
University of Chicago, Cornell researchers develop universal robotic gripper
by Donald Melanson
[pdf]
Robotics Trends:
Robotic Gripper Eschews Design Based on the Human Hand
[pdf]
Gamma Squad:
VERSATILE GRIPPER MADE FROM STUFF IN A KITCHEN
[pdf]
Loves Robots:
Coffee grounds + balloon = robot hand
[pdf]
Let's Make Robots:
Creative and Versatile Means of Robot Gripper
[pdf]
Communications of the ACM:
Robotic Gripper Runs on Coffee . . . and Balloons
[pdf]
boingboing:
Robotic hand attains sensitivity and strength with coffee grounds and balloons
by Cory Doctorow
[pdf]
Homeland Security Newswire:
Robotic attachment uses balloon, coffee to grasp objects
[pdf]
Innovations report:
Robotic gripper runs on coffee ... and balloons
[pdf]
Med Gadget:
Universal Coffee-filled Robotic Hand
[pdf]
Make:
Excerpt from intersystem comm logs, 2025
[pdf]
Tech Infected:
Robot Gets Gripping Power From Ground Coffee
[pdf]
Zmarter:
robot gripper made from coffee grounds and balloon
[pdf]
American Scientist:
Robots Can Use Coffee as a Picker-Upper
[pdf]
Make Club:
Robot gripper uses coffee to pick up anything
[pdf]
Gearfuse:
DARPA-made Robot is Basically a Balloon Filled with Coffee Grounds
[pdf]
Science Technology Blog:
Robotic gripper runs on coffee … and balloons
[pdf]
TekGek:
Balloon Plus Coffee Grounds Equals Versatile Robot Gripper
[pdf]
Coffees Bar:
Ground coffee helps robot get a grip
[pdf]
Blogo Wogo:
Robot gripper uses coffee to pick up anything
[pdf]
Scientific Computing:
Robots can use coffee as a picker-upper
[pdf]
CBC News:
Fingerless robot 'hand' grips almost anything
[pdf]
TOXEL:
Universal Robotic Gripper
[pdf]
The Cornell Daily Sun:
Researchers Use Coffee to Build Robotic Arm
by Colin Raymond
[pdf]
Gather:
An uplifting technological breakthrough
by Dennis O'Reilly
[pdf]
Kelowna:
Fingerless robot 'hand' grips almost anything
[pdf]
Selected Science News:
BALLOON FILLED WITH GROUND COFFEE MAKES IDEAL ROBOTIC GRIPPER
[pdf]
We Interrupt:
Robots don’t need no stinking thumbs, just a rubber sack of ground coffee
[pdf]
Gizmodiva:
Coffee bean balloon makes up a robotic hand
[pdf]
Tech News:
Ground coffee + party balloon = robot gripper
[pdf]
designboom:
robot gripper made from coffee grounds and balloon
[pdf]
Findtut:
Ground coffee + party balloon = robot gripper
by Sushil Choudhary
[pdf]
Science 2.0:
This Robot Runs On Coffee And Balloons
[pdf]
ScienceNews: FOR KIDS:
Coffee gives robots a grip
By Stephen Ornes
[pdf]
Process Online:
And you thought coffee was for drinking!
[pdf]
Science News for Kids:
Coffee gives robots a grip
by Stephen Ornes
[pdf]
