crossrefMechanism and Machine Theory2026-07-01
Andrea Botta, Luigi Tagliavini, F. Amodio, Daniel Pacheco Quiñones, Danilo Stimolo, Giuseppe Quaglia, et al.
This paper presents the design and prototyping of a novel class of underactuated robotic grip-pers capable of alternating between stable grasping and continuous bidirectional twisting, named Mode-Retentive Underactuated Mechanisms (MRUM). The core of the design integrates a two-d…