| The demand for speed to market requires that | | | | manufacturers today are pneumatic grippers. |
| drug discovery, biotechnology and clinical | | | | These low-cost end-of-arm tools are cost |
| diagnostics labs work faster, more accurately and | | | | effective and have the ability to produce and |
| more efficiently than in the past. Increasingly, lab | | | | maintain considerably more force than servo |
| technicians and scientists seeking greater levels of | | | | grippers. While more expensive, servo grippers |
| automation are turning to gripper solutions that | | | | are necessary when more control is required for |
| mechanize what have traditionally been manual | | | | more delicate and complex assembly and handling |
| and mundane tasks, allowing them to work on | | | | applications. |
| more value-added activities. | | | | Servo grippers, with their human-hand-like design, |
| Currently, a wide variety of pneumatic and servo | | | | offer greater degrees of freedom and are |
| grippers are available, each with its own set of | | | | appropriate for many medical applications. With |
| unique attributes. It is critical that manufacturers | | | | the added expense of servo grippers, |
| select the appropriate gripper for their process. | | | | manufacturers need to carefully analyze their |
| By understanding the specific advantages of | | | | needs in order to make an educated decision on |
| servo and pneumatic grippers, life scientists can | | | | which gripper to design into their workcell. Applied |
| make smarter choices in selecting the best tool | | | | Robotics, Inc., a global supplier of end-of-arm |
| for any given application--as well as maximize the | | | | tooling solutions, conducted a thorough |
| benefits in accelerated research and development | | | | comparative analysis and has formulated the |
| processes, reduced human error, increased | | | | following application questions based on flexibility, |
| volumes of sample tracking and improved sterile | | | | control and environmental requirements to help |
| conditions. | | | | manufacturers make that decision. |
| The majority of grippers utilized by | | | | |