this is just a really cool way of makking a gripper. i belive it pushes the balloon around the object the puts preasure on the coffe so it jams around it. i think sort of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFW7VQpY-Ikdamn thats kewl 
damn thats kewl
I saw this (probaby on
I saw this (probaby on HackADay) a while back and found it most interesting. I’m considering using it on my robot-forever-in-planning if only because I’d need more servos than I care to use if I want to have some sort of end effector.
Sparkfun has a tutorial using their vacuum pump.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10398
Simple and useful as it is, I still think claws do a better job of saying “robot.”
I made one and here’s the
I made one and here’s the video of it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkNHO57PyV0