A Kirigami Multi-Stable Flexible Gripper with Energy-Free Configurations Switching

Abstract

Kirigami Flexible Grippers

A kirigami multi-stable flexible gripper with trigger structure is presented by Xiuting Sun and co-workers in article number 2400038. The advanced trigger structure is designed to make the flexible gripper enable an energy-free switching behavior between deployed and curled configurations in symmetrical and asymmetrical planes. The proposed gripper is appropriate for the capture of space debris and demonstrates significant capture capability for moving targets.