Elephant Robotics Technology Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper & Air Compressor For Mycobot 320, Mycobot Pro 630 (4010700018)

A ripe strawberry, a blister pack of capacitors and a moulded shampoo bottle have little in common, except that each one punishes a rigid steel jaw that closes a fraction too hard. The Elephant Robotics Technology Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper & Air Compressor For Mycobot 320, Mycobot Pro 630 (4010700018) resolves that conflict with fingers of flexible polymer silicone. Instead of measuring each item and clamping it to a calculated width, the fingers inflate, bend and wrap around whatever sits between them. For teams that handle delicate, irregular or mixed items on a myCobot Pro arm, it changes the question from "how hard can we grip?" to "how gently can we hold?".

Robots Europa, based in Dublin, supplies this soft gripper to customers across the European Union and the DACH region. Robots Europa prepares each quotation, arranges delivery to your site and provides support once the gripper is installed on your arm, whether the end user is a university laboratory, a system integrator or a production team trialling automation for the first time.

Background

Elephant Robotics and the myCobot family

Elephant Robotics builds collaborative robot arms intended for education, research and light industrial work, together with the end effectors that make those arms useful. The myCobot range covers small desktop arms through to larger Pro models, and the company offers a growing set of grippers, suction tools and accessories designed to mount on them. This soft gripper belongs to that accessory line and is intended for myCobot Pro robotic arms, including the myCobot 320 and the Elephant Robotics myCobot Pro 630 Robot Arm (4010200011). The wider family is presented in our Elephant range.

How a soft gripper works

Soft robotics replaces rigid links and hinges with compliant materials that change shape under pressure. In this gripper, the "fingers" of the soft claw are made of flexible polymer silicone, which bends and deforms when it is inflated. As air enters, the fingers curl inwards and close around the object; when the pressure is released, they relax and let go. Because the silicone yields where it meets the surface of the object, the gripper can wrap various objects without causing damage to them and adapts to multiple shapes and sizes without a change of tooling. The drive mode is pneumatic, which is why the gripper must be connected to an air compressor before it can be used.

Technical Specifications

Specifications are as published by the manufacturer and are confirmed against the datasheet at quotation.

The manufacturer has not published the air compressor's flow rate, power or weight, the operating pressure, the length of the air tube, the grade of the gripper material or a list of package contents; Robots Europa confirms these details at quotation.

What is the difference between the version with and without the Air Compressor?

This product is offered in two versions: one supplied without an air compressor and one supplied with it. The gripper itself is the same pneumatic unit in both cases, with the same clamping range, clamp force, repeatability precision, size and weight shown above. The difference lies in where the compressed air comes from.

Because the gripper must be connected to an air compressor to work, the version with the Air Compressor gives you a complete, self-contained pneumatic setup. Its air pump has a working voltage of 220V/50HZ, a point worth reviewing against the mains supply at your site before ordering. This version suits laboratories, classrooms and pilot cells that have no compressed air line on hand.

The version without the Air Compressor is the logical choice where a workshop or factory already runs a pneumatic supply, or where an integrator prefers to specify a compressor that matches an existing installation.

How does a pneumatic soft gripper differ from a rigid gripper?

A rigid parallel or adaptive gripper relies on precise positioning and controlled force: the object must be where the program expects it, and the jaws must stop before they crush it. That works well with uniform, sturdy parts, but it struggles when the items vary in shape or bruise easily. A soft gripper takes the opposite approach. Its silicone fingers comply with the surface they touch, so small positional errors and irregular contours are absorbed by the material rather than by the program.

The figures reflect that design. The gripper covers a clamping range of 36-136mm and holds objects with a vertical clamp force of 600g or a wrap force of 1080g, with a repeatability precision of 0.5 mm. It is controlled through I/O, which keeps integration simple: the arm's controller switches the air on or off rather than commanding a motor position. The FDA Inspection and Passed Food Contact Inspection, together with the ability to be used completely immersed in water, open up tasks that a conventional metal gripper is rarely chosen for, such as handling fresh food or working in wet environments.

The trade-off is that a soft gripper is designed for gentle, adaptive handling rather than heavy clamping. For tasks that demand a rigid grip, a humanoid hand or a different end effector may suit better, and our Cobots category shows the wider choice of arms and tools.

Who is the Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper & Air Compressor for?

The first group is research and education. University departments and robotics laboratories exploring soft robotics, grasp planning or human–robot collaboration gain a ready-made compliant end effector for their myCobot Pro arm, without designing and casting silicone actuators themselves. For teaching settings without a compressed air supply, the version with the Air Compressor removes an obstacle to getting started.

The second group is system integrators and automation engineers building cells for intelligent assembly, automatic sorting or food processing lines. For them, the I/O control interface and screw-fixed mounting matter as much as the gripping behaviour, because they reduce the effort needed to add the gripper to an existing control scheme. Integrators with plant air already available will usually prefer the version without the Air Compressor.

The third group covers companies in food and fresh produce, 3C electronics, daily chemicals and service retail that want to trial automation on items too delicate or too varied for rigid jaws. Developers of service robots and scientific research equipment form a fourth group, using the gripper as a component in their own products.

What is the Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper & Air Compressor used for?

1. Fresh food handling: picking and placing produce and other perishable items that bruise under rigid jaws.
2. 3C electronics: moving delicate components and finished devices without marking their surfaces.
3. Daily chemicals: handling bottles, tubes and containers of varying shape on packing and inspection stations.
4. Automatic sorting: grasping mixed items of different sizes on a single line without changing tooling.
5. Intelligent assembly and food processing lines: integrating a compliant gripping stage into industrial workflows.
6. Research and service robots: giving scientific equipment and service robots a safe, adaptive way to hold objects.

Pricing and Availability

Robots Europa supplies the Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper on quotation, both with and without the Air Compressor, so that the offer reflects the version, the arm it will be mounted on and the air supply at your site. Delivery, customs and after-sales support are arranged together with the quotation. To receive an offer tailored to your project, use the request for quotation available on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the gripper work without an air compressor?

No. The gripper is pneumatically driven and must be connected to an air compressor to be used. You can either order the version with the Air Compressor or connect the version without it to a suitable existing air supply.

Which robot arms is it intended for?

It is designed for myCobot Pro robotic arms, including the myCobot 320 and the myCobot Pro 630 named in the product title.

How is the gripper controlled?

The gripper uses I/O control, so the arm's controller opens and closes it by switching the air supply. It is attached to the arm with a screw-fixed mounting.

Is it suitable for handling food?

The gripper carries FDA Inspection and Passed Food Contact Inspection, and food and fresh food are among its application fields.

What size of objects can it hold?

The clamping range is 36-136mm, and the silicone fingers adapt to multiple shapes and sizes within that range. The clamp force is 600g vertically and 1080g when wrapping.

Can the gripper be used in wet conditions?

Yes. It can be used completely immersed in water.

Where can I buy the Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper & Air Compressor and what does it cost?

You can buy it from Robots Europa, which supplies customers across the EU and the DACH region. Pricing depends on the version and your project, so request a quotation on this page and Robots Europa will prepare an individual offer.

Summary

The strawberry, the capacitor and the shampoo bottle need the same thing from a robot: a grip that holds firmly enough to move them and gently enough to leave them intact. The Mycobot Pro Soft Gripper achieves this with inflatable silicone fingers that wrap around objects instead of squeezing them, a clamping range of 36-136mm, I/O control and screw-fixed mounting for myCobot Pro arms, plus FDA and food contact inspection and the ability to work fully immersed in water. Choose the version with the Air Compressor for a self-contained setup, or the version without it where compressed air is already available. If you are ready to give your arm a gentler touch, this page is the starting point.