Recent advances in robotics have highlighted the increasing importance of end-effectors in enabling versatile manipulation beyond traditional industrial automation. Multi-joint robotic grippers, inspired by the human hand, are emerging as a key technology for handling diverse and unstructured objects. In this seminar, we present major development trends in multi-joint grippers, focusing on high-degree-of-freedom hardware, actuation strategies, tactile sensing, and AI-based control. From Tesollo’s perspective, we introduce our approach to designing robust, high-torque, and modular robotic hands, along with insights gained from real-world deployment, manufacturability, and reliability.

Dr. Wooseok Ryu is the Chief Technology Officer at Tesollo. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University. He currently serves as a Visiting Professor in Robotics at Hanyang University. Prior to joining Tesollo, he worked as a researcher at KIST and later as an Assistant Professor at Hanyang University.