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Robotiq Releases ROS 2 Packages for Adaptive Grippers


If you run a Robotiq gripper in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 workspace today, you are almost certainly running PickNik Robotics'ros2_robotiq_gripper. As of today, there is an official Robotiq-maintained package, and it is a drop-in replacement: same package names, same launch files, same controller interfaces.

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Aug 26, 2026 in Physical AI. 11 min read time
Robotiq Releases ROS 2 Packages for Adaptive Grippers

If you run a Robotiq gripper in the Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 workspace today, you are almost certainly running PickNik...

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Aug 26, 2026
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Robotiq Releases an Open-Source C++ SDK for Adaptive Grippers

As physical AI moves from research into real applications, developers need a solid primitive that meets them where they work:...

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Aug 12, 2026
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Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead — The Parallel Playbook: What Autonomous Driving Can and Can’t Teach Physical AI

The DARPA challenges offer a useful playbook for physical AI. They show how an impressive technical demonstration can help...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 11, 2026
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Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead — From Face-Plants to Foundation Models

Part 1 of 2, Physical AI: The DARPA Legacy & the Road Ahead. What the DARPA Robotics Challenge Actually Built—and Why It Still...

Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Jul 28, 2026
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Tactile-Based Robot Centering as a Capability for Dexterous Manipulation

A robot does not always grip a part exactly where intended. Vision may guide the gripper close, but camera calibration, part...

Marc Giguère
By Marc Giguère
on Jul 22, 2026
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How Robotiq Built the TSF-85 Tactile Sensor to the Spec of the Human Hand

Read the full technical article from Jennifer Kwiatkowski on Tech Brief.For teams building contact-rich manipulation, tactile...

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Jul 08, 2026
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Robotiq releases TSF-85 Tactile Sensor Digital Twin on NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Also read NVIDIA's COMPUTEX coverage, where Robotiq appears alongside the latest Isaac GR00T updates.

Robotiq Team
By Robotiq Team
on Jun 02, 2026
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The economics of Physical AI: Why data quality beats scale

To reach the level of robustness the Physical AI community aspires to, namely generalist policies deployable zero-shot on...

Nicolas Lauzier
By Nicolas Lauzier
on May 14, 2026
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How tactile sensing improves model performance

Vision-language-action models are the current state of the art in robotic manipulation. They still cannot pick up a potato chip...

Jennifer Kwiatkowski
By Jennifer Kwiatkowski
on May 07, 2026
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