Mimicking a human hand, these grippers have soft, flexible silicone fingers that curl around items to pick them up. Unlike standard grippers with rigid fingers, these grippers can grasp fruit, bagged items, and other delicate objects without crushing them. They are powered and actuated entirely by your robot, so there's no need for an air supply or control valves. Connect them to terminals on your robot controller with the included 9 1/2 ft. electrical cord. A simple toggle on your controller’s digital outputs opens and closes the fingers. Mount them to most robot arms, like FANUC CRX and Universal Robots arms, thanks to their mounting slots that match a variety of ISO mounting patterns.

To program their range of motion and position, you’ll have access to a simple web-based interface from any smartphone or laptop. You don’t have to worry about hooking these up to your network. They generate their own wireless network like a hotspot, so you can connect your device to the setup interface to program them. If you are using these grippers with a Universal Robots arm, you can download a URCap plugin from the manufacturer's website for user-friendly control through your teach pendant software.

The fingers are made of FDA-compliant silicone for direct contact with food.

Grippers with fixed grip force apply the same amount of force every time. This helps them pick up most items successfully.

Grippers with adjustable grip force are the best choice to grip extremely sensitive items, such as baked goods or fragile glassware, because you can fine-tune the gripping force. These grippers also have part confirmation, which means they can send a signal to one of your robot controller's digital inputs to tell it whether a part has been successfully picked up. If the pickup fails, you can program your robot to try the pickup again.

2-finger grippers are good at picking up objects with uniform shapes, such as bottles and boxes.

4-finger grippers are a good choice if you plan to pick up irregularly shaped objects and need additional points of contact for a secure hold. They work well with fruits and vegetables, fabrics and flexible packaging.

Finger covers (sold separately) protect the gripper fingers from residue left from the material you're picking. These silicone covers slide over the fingers for picking and slide off for cleaning. They are FDA compliant for direct contact with food.

Stroke width describes the maximum total change in distance between fingers when the gripper actuates.

Ready to mount between your robot arm and gripper, these devices have standard ISO mounting hole patterns and allow grippers to adjust, so they can grab parts that are misaligned or have different tolerances. They also compensate when aligning parts during placement, which increases efficiency and reliability in your process, while protecting parts and robots from wear. Use them to avoid jams and keep automated assembly, bin picking, and machine tending jobs running smoothly. If you don't see your robot model number listed, measure the bolt circle diameter to determine mounting compatibility.

Switch out your end-of-arm tools quickly and easily with these tool changers. Separate mounts for your robot arm and tool join with a quick-connect clamp—simply open the clamp to release your tool. Often used in job shops, these tool changers make it easy to alternate between tasks. They’re also used in sanitary facilities, where tools are cleaned frequently.

A complete assembly includes an end-of-robot-arm mount, which connects to your robot wrist, and a robot-tool mount, which connects to your tool (each sold separately). Some have standard ISO mounting patterns, so they’re compatible with the mounting patterns on most arms and tools. Make sure your power source is disconnected before changing tools.

For applications where space is tight, use low-profile mounts. Together, the two mounts create a tool changer assembly that only adds 21 mm between your robot arm and tool. They’re also lighter than utility mounts that are the same size and material. However, they do not have pass-throughs for air, vacuum, or electrical connections.

Utility mounts have two pneumatic pass-throughs for air and vacuum and a power/signal pass-through for electricity. These pass-throughs let you run connections through the tool changer assembly, rather than wrapping cables and tubes around the outside. This makes it easier to switch tools, especially when changing from pneumatic to electrical tools. The 8-pin electrical connection is compatible with most robot arms and tools.

Aluminum tool changers are lightweight, so they won’t weigh down your robot arm.

304 stainless steel tool changers won’t corrode from frequent washdowns with harsh cleaners. They’re often used with tools that handle food.

Equip your robot arm with two tools at once—these mounts have two offset, angled mounting surfaces for tools. They’re often used to speed up a robot’s work cycle, such as when two grippers swap workpieces in and out of a CNC machine. Or, use them to mount tools with different functions, such as a pick-and-place gripper that puts a workpiece into a vice and a sander that finishes the workpiece. They’re compatible with the most common robot arms, including some models from Universal Robots (UR) and FANUC.

These mounts are made of aluminum, so they’re corrosion resistant, lightweight, and machinable. The lightness helps you keep robot arms under their payload, or weight limit, and the machinability means you can drill your own holes.

For a complete system, you'll need an end-of-robot-arm mount and two tool-side mounts. These mounts include fasteners to attach mounts to your arm, and fasteners to attach tool-side mounts, but not fasteners for attaching your tools.

Bolt-on mounts have a standard ISO mounting pattern—choose one that matches the mounting pattern of your robot arm and tools. If you don't see your robot model number listed, measure the bolt circle diameter to determine mounting compatibility.

To extend your robot arm’s reach, use robot tool extensions.

Connect your robot arm to tools or extensions made from T-slotted framing. These mounts are often used to support custom tools for uniquely shaped items, such as a rig to lift chairs off of a line, or as a mounting base for a screwdriver. They use ISO mounting patterns, an industry standard for arm connections. These mounts are made of aluminum, so they’re corrosion resistant, lightweight, and machinable. The lightness helps you keep robot arms under their payload, or weight limit, and the machinability means you can drill your own holes. Mounts come with all the hardware needed to connect them to robot arms, but not the bolts required to connect T-slotted framing to the mounts. If you don't see your robot model number listed, measure the bolt circle diameter to determine mounting compatibility.

Round mounts are compatible with several ISO mounting patterns, so they connect to a wide variety of robot arms. They’re also lighter and smaller than other mounts, so they fit in tight spaces. However, with only two mounting holes for T-slotted framing, they have fewer attachment options than other mounts.

Connect robot tools to robot arms that have different ISO mounting patterns. Compatible with some models of Universal Robots (UR) and FANUC robots, these mounts are commonly used to equip robot arms with pick-and-place grippers, vacuum grippers, and sanders. They use ISO mounting patterns, an industry standard for arm connections. Mounts come with all the hardware you need to connect them to robot arms, but not all the hardware required to connect robot tools to mounts. If you don't see your robot model number listed, measure the bolt circle diameter to determine mounting compatibility.

Bolt-on mounts have ISO mounting patterns on the tool side.

Blank mounts don’t have drilled holes on the tool side. Machine your own holes for compatibility with unusual mounting patterns.

Threaded mounts have a universal female-threaded connection on the tool side for attaching threaded tools, pipe, rods, and other components to robot arms. If you need a male-threaded connection, choose one with an included universal thread adapter. For other thread types and sizes, add a universal thread adapter.

Aluminum mounts are a lightweight metal alternative to stainless steel, helping your robot arm stay under its payload limit, or the total capacity a robot can lift. They’re also more machinable than stainless steel, so you can drill your own holes for robots with unusual mounting patterns. These mounts resist corrosion.

Acetal plastic mounts are lightweight and strong. Often used in food-processing plants, they won’t corrode from frequent washdowns with harsh cleaners.

To extend your robot arm’s reach, use robot tool extensions.

Extend the reach of your robot arm, so it can access the full width of a conveyor or the bottom of deep containers. These extensions use standard ISO mounting patterns, so they’re compatible with most robot arms and tools, such as those made by Universal Robots (UR) and FANUC. Select an extension with an ISO mounting pattern that matches your arm and tool, or use a robot tool mount (sold separately) to adapt to a different pattern. They include mounting hardware to connect them to your robot arm, but don’t have hardware to connect to tools. If you don't see your robot model number listed, measure the bolt circle diameter to determine mounting compatibility.

These extensions are lightweight, corrosion resistant, and strong. They’re also machinable, so you can modify them to mount to custom patterns. Acetal is lighter and less rigid than aluminum, so it’s used for shorter extensions. Aluminum is heavier and more rigid than acetal. It’s used for longer extensions, since it’s stiff enough to keep your tool from wobbling as the arm moves.

Join compensation devices to robot arms with different ISO mounting hole patterns.

Align your robot arm with work areas using these styli to make sure it will perform automated tasks accurately and won’t damage workpieces. Slide these styli into the quick-connect clamp on an end-of-robot-arm mount (sold separately). They show you exactly where your tool will touch, so you don’t have to test your application with trial and error. These styli are often used to guide robots to hole centers when attaching fasteners, or to help them find objects in pick-and-place applications. You can also use them to help your machine-vision camera recognize patterns and locations.

No need to manually latch and unlatch end-of-arm tools, these tool changers will quickly and seamlessly swap them out for you. While manual tool changers are good for switching tools in between two different work cycles, these automatic tool changers are best for making multiple changes in a single work cycle.

A complete assembly consists of an end-of-robot-arm mount and a robot-tool mount (each sold separately) that lock together with air-powered latching cams. While you’ll only need one end-of-robot-arm mount for your robot arm, make sure you have a robot-tool mount for each of your tools. All of these mounts have standard ISO mounting hole patterns, so they’re compatible with the mounting hole patterns on most robot arms and tools. If you don't see your robot model number listed, measure the bolt circle diameter to determine mounting compatibility.

All of these mounts have air connections, so you can use compressed air to operate air-powered tools, such as grippers. They also have connections for adding electrical pass-through modules (sold separately) to power electrically controlled tools.

To create a tool docking system, use tool storage plates with tool storage bases and tool presence detectors, so tool changers can pick tools up or drop them off as they are needed.