Need a hand? This new soft robot gripper from researchers at Singapore University has been designed to scoop, pick, and grasp all sorts of everyday items including food – it can even help make you a plate of lunch. The reconfigurable workplace soft (RWS) robot gripper can reliably ladle out rice or couscous and can even pick up pesky thin items such as business cards from flat surfaces. The gripper is made of compliant soft actuators and hyperelastic materials and can modify and increase its gra