Abstract: A vital information acquisition apparatus includes an ultra-wideband millimeter-wave radar system which includes at least one transmitting antenna and at least one receiving antenna and is configured to transmit ultra-wideband millimeter-waves to a subject and receive ultra-wideband millimeter-waves reflected by the subject, and a controller includes circuitry that converts a plurality of received ultra-wideband millimeter-waves to radar signals reflected by the subject, stores the radar signals, calculates the differential signals among the radar signals at each position, calculates the intensity of the differential signals at each position, and estimates respiratory intervals, heartbeat intervals and position of the subject.

Abstract: There is provided a gripper, a gripping device, and an industrial robot that can more reliably grip a workpiece without using a granular material. The gripper includes integrally: a palm portion; a plurality of finger portions protruding from a periphery of the palm portion and configured to fall toward the palm portion by deforming the palm portion in a thickness direction; a connecting portion formed in a position surrounding an outer edge of the palm portion on a side opposite to a side formed with the finger portions, the connecting portion connected to a case; and a high-strength portion provided between the palm portion and the connecting portion, the high-strength portion having a predetermined length from the outer edge of the palm portion in the thickness direction of the palm portion, and the high-strength portion being less likely to be deformed than the palm portion.

Abstract: There is provided a gripper, a gripping device, and an industrial robot that can more reliably grip a workpiece without using a granular material. The gripper includes integrally: a palm portion; a plurality of finger portions protruding from a periphery of the palm portion and configured to fall toward the palm portion by deforming the palm portion in a thickness direction; a connecting portion formed in a position surrounding an outer edge of the palm portion on a side opposite to a side formed with the finger portions, the connecting portion connected to a case; and a high-strength portion provided between the palm portion and the connecting portion, the high-strength portion having a predetermined length from the outer edge of the palm portion in the thickness direction of the palm portion, and the high-strength portion being less likely to be deformed than the palm portion.