About
Soft Robotics designs and builds soft robotic gripping systems and automation solutions that can grasp and manipulate items of varying size, shape and weight with the same tool. We solve previously off-limits automation challenges for customers in food & beverage, advanced manufacturing and e-commerce.
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Intellectual Property: Robust patent portfolio covering 10 issued, 25 pending Harvard University and 21 company owned applications
Customers: Fortune 500 customers include Just Born Quality Confections (maker of Peeps), a large global pizza retailer, consumer goods manufacturer, and e-commerce company
Development: Pipeline of innovation from George Whitesides' lab at Harvard University
Unique Technology: By leveraging the properties of soft and compliant materials, Soft Robotics is able to build a fundamentally new set of self-adaptive and dexterous robotic hands that enable a new generation of robotic systems that do not require sensors or other electromechanical device for operation
Soft Robotics is the key to unlocking automation for all markets
• Human hand-like dexterity: Designed to mimic the human hand to grasp and manipulate items that vary in size, shape, and weight.
• Smart materials: Novel approach solves problem through material science, not through higher levels of cost and complexity.
• Plug and play: Turnkey solution that unlocks the transformational benefits of automation for all markets.
Key achievements
• Advanced the technology and scaled manufacturing to meet automation standards of Fortune 100 companies
• First production installations in advanced manufacturing and food automation
• Granted Japanese FDA certification for food handling
• Piloting ecommerce solution, SuperPick, with key customers
• Technology recognized as a 2018 CES Innovation Award nominee in the Robotics & Drones category
• Named to the RBR50: Robotic Business Review's ranking of industry leading robotic companies
• Named to the THRIVE AgTech Top 50: Ranking of top agtech companies shaping the future of agriculture
• 2017 MassTLC Winner for Most Innovative Tech of the Year: Robotics
• Soft Robotics Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
• Named to the RBR50: Robotic Business Review's ranking of industry leading robotic companies 2017 & 2018
Supplier Directory Categories
Technical Articles
Top 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing an EOAT
(Robotics)
Without the proper end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), robotics adds little value to a production process. In fact, choosing the wrong EOAT can increase downtime and drive down productivity. Here are the...
(View Full Article)
Consumer-Centric Manufacturing and Its Impact on Packaging Strategy
(Robotics)
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has ushered in a new consumer-driven manufacturing landscape. The consumer is truly king in this new world where companies like Amazon have set a new standard for...
(View Full Article)