An innovative jamming gripper, designed by students of Wrocław University of Technology, was sent on board the REXUS rocket, which was launched from the Esrange Space Center spaceport in Swedish Kiruna. The rocket has reached the height of 82 km.

The experiment was carried out as part of the Swedish-German Rexus / Bexus program implemented under a bilateral agreement between space agencies German Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt and the Swedish National Space Board.

The project involved checking the possibility of using a jamming gripper in the microgravity and vacuum. Such devices consist of a diaphragm filled with a granulate operating on the basis of a pressure difference manipulation. The gripper adapts its shape to the object to be lifted, and after the air is sucked out, the granulate hardens, the membrane tightens on the object, thanks to which it can be moved.
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