Thus, SRT developed an alternative solution. Based on soft robotics technology and inspired by the movement of natural organisms like starfish, pufferfish, and geckos, SRT has built a novel drive and control mechanism: flexible materials, pneumatic actuation, and infinite degrees of freedom.
Transforming this mechanism into quantifiable products required interdisciplinary, systematic breakthroughs. SRT pioneeringly integrated bionics, polymer material science, elastomer finite element simulation, and soft manufacturing processes to create a product line of flexible end effectors centered around bionic dexterous end effectors. This product line includes soft grippers, soft fingers, soft fingertips, bionic airbags, bionic suction cups, and others, paired with intelligent controllers like air source controllers and generators. In operation, they are as gentle as a human hand yet as precise as industrial equipment, truly achieving "softness with strength."
Softness: The main structure of SRT's bionic dexterous end effector is made of flexible materials, with a hardness close to human muscle and skin. It conforms to the object's shape, applies low pressure, and does not damage surfaces.
Adaptability: Without needing complex sensors or algorithms, relying solely on the inherent compliance of its structure, it can adapt to objects of different shapes.
Integrated Drive and Structure: The drive and structure are integrated, resulting in a simple system, easy control, and high reliability.
From Market Validation of a Dexterous Hand to an AI-Driven Flexible Future
Guided by the core principle of "technology reuse + scenario innovation," SRT's bionic dexterous end effectors have been deeply integrated into production lines across various industries. In the field of grasping fragile items, SRT's end effectors have proven their adaptability to delicate, irregular, and easily damaged goods. For example, at a major domestic dairy company that customized a flexible grasping solution, the damage rate for ice cream cones dropped from 15% to below 1%, revolutionizing the traditional automation logic for fragile products like frozen desserts and laying the foundation for large-scale production of customized ice cream. Meanwhile, the sorting of mousse cakes and strawberries achieves zero indentation, and the sorting of foods like egg dumplings, mooncakes, and dough skins has been automated.
In the 3C manufacturing sector, SRT is a preferred supplier for industry giants Foxconn and BOE. Van der Waals force bionic suction cups solve the challenge of handling workpieces like mobile phone components, glass substrates, and optical lenses without scratching, leaving marks, and with zero energy consumption.
By overcoming these technical hurdles, SRT has gained the capability to expand into environments demanding higher precision and more stringent conditions. Currently, SRT is applying its soft robotics technology to clean rooms, precision workshops, electrostatic-sensitive scenarios, and other manufacturing environments with special gripping requirements. In the lithium battery industry, bionic dexterous end effectors are being validated for damage-free handling of fragile materials like battery electrodes and separators. In hardware components, they solve the problem of automated loading/unloading of small, irregularly shaped parts. In precision manufacturing, soft robotics technology is being integrated into high-precision assembly processes to meet operational requirements for micro-force control, no scratches, and no contamination.
Simultaneously, SRT's bionic dexterous end effectors are pushing beyond the boundaries of grasping. With the development of embodied AI, robots need not only to "see" and "recognize" but also to "touch" and "manipulate." Using flexible materials as the carrier and integrating flexible drive technology, SRT's end effectors achieve precise force control and adaptive manipulation with low computational power consumption. Centered on bionic soft robotics technology, SRT is developing dexterous manipulation systems with "perception-planning-control" capabilities, driving robotic manipulation towards greater flexibility and human-like performance.
Building on this foundation, SRT has developed the "AI Workstation," an embodied AI platform for soft robotics. This platform drives robots to perform personalized meal recommendations and serving services. It also incorporates a digital twin engine, showcasing through a virtual-physical combination the vast potential of AI-driven digital soft robotics technology.
Robam Electric brought SRT's smart tea art project to the AWE 2026 exhibition, enabling modern AI robots to inherit the delicate texture of handmade tea art, achieve natural human-robot collaborative interaction, and create an on-site effect of "tech demo + interactive engagement." This solution can be transferred to commercial scenarios like smart coffee making, ice cream serving, and bartending, pushing soft robotics technology from "grasping" towards "serving," and from industrial production lines towards human-robot integrated spaces.
If the "dance" of humanoid robots shows us the boundless imagination of robotics technology, then the "hard work" of soft robotics technology on the production line reveals the real power of technology empowering the real economy. SRT's "dexterous hand" is quietly making an impact across various industrial production lines, using soft robotics to break through the bottlenecks of traditional automation and helping upgrade industries with practical, results-driven solutions.
