Ubiros
About
About Ubiros
Ubiros’ current gripper family comprises Gentle Duo, Gentle Pro and Gentle Flex. Gentle Duo provides a two-finger parallel grasp for varied object geometry, Gentle Pro forms a compliant enclosing grip for delicate or irregular products, and Gentle Flex uses application-specific adaptive fingers. Each system is electrically actuated from a 24-volt supply, removing compressors, valves and pneumatic tubing while supporting payloads up to 1.5 kilograms.
The grippers are designed as complete end effectors with power and data connections for robot arms and automated machines. Their soft contact surfaces distribute force around fruit, packaged goods, laboratory items and mixed manufacturing components, reducing the need to exchange tooling between product variants. Ubiros positions the products for pick-and-place, sorting and machine-loading cells and reports maintenance-free operation beyond 1.5 million cycles, giving integrators a reusable electric alternative to custom pneumatic soft grippers.
Operations
Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-08-13 - Ubiros reports 1.5 million-plus documented cycles in production and deployments in production cells since 2021. - Ubiros electric soft-gripper production use
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Team
- Onder Ondemir - Co-Founder
- Cagdas Onal - Co-Founder - Historical Ubiros co-founder with an academic robotics background.
Timeline
Events
- 2023-09-19 - Demonstration - Ubiros presents at MassRobotics Investor Demo Day
Ubiros was among more than 30 startup companies participating in the September 2023 Investor Demo Day. MassRobotics held the event on September 19, 2023 with investors and startups from around the world in attendance. The open-house format enabled participating startups to display technology and speak with investors and partners.
Source - 2023-05-10 - Demonstration - Ubiros exhibits in Startup Alley at Robotics Summit & Expo
Ubiros was one of 18 MassRobotics resident companies featured in Startup Alley. The Robotics Summit & Expo ran May 10-11, 2023 at the Boston Convention Center. Startup Alley allowed attendees to explore emerging robotics ideas and technology from the resident companies.
Source - 2023-03-14 - Demonstration - Ubiros showcases soft-gripper technology at MassRobotics Demo Day
Ubiros was one of more than 25 startups showcasing robots and technology at the March 2023 Demo Day. MassRobotics held the open-house event on March 14, 2023 for investors, startups and the robotics community. The official participant list explicitly names Ubiros among the resident companies taking part.
Source - 2021-01-01 - Award - Ubiros receives $256,000 NSF SBIR for Gentle soft gripper
The $256,000 NSF SBIR Phase I award began on January 1, 2021 under award number 2035934. The project focused on modular electrically actuated soft fingers, sensing, feedback control and grasp-planning interfaces. Planned validation covered delicate and variable objects in produce handling, food packaging and e-commerce fulfilment.
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Context
Context tags
- Soft robotics - Capability - Compliant soft fingers are the defining manipulation technology.
- Electric soft grippers - Capability - Ubiros develops pneumatically independent electric soft grippers.