Describe the job your robot has to do. Effector Lab plans it as steps, tests every end effector it can simulate on every step, and recommends one tool, a tool change or a two-tool head, next to the best single off-the-shelf tool. This site replays recorded plans and runs, and can plan and test a new job live.
Step 1 of 4: Open the lid
Industrial servo parallel gripper, 110 mm stroke. Hook the lid's lip and pull it open past vertical.
1Plan
Describe the job in plain words, and the planner turns it into objects and steps the simulator can run. Here you replay recorded plans and edit their steps, or plan a new job live with your own NVIDIA or Token Factory key, or a small free tier.
Returns tote: one paragraph, 4 steps, 4 objects
Plan a task2Test
Every tool it can simulate tries every step it could do, in physics, on the same placements and seeds. Tools that cannot do a step are ruled out with a reason.
56 tools, 249 screen runs, 10 minutes
See a screen3Recommend
Single tools, tool changes and two-tool heads are combined from what passed, and the finalists run the whole task against the best single off-the-shelf tool.
8 of 8 runs; the pick is the best single tool
See a recommendation4Build
Download a build pack: the printed bracket or changer plates, a bill of materials, the tested scenes and a certificate.
7 files, 11 kB
See a build packTwo pre-declared tests, frozen before their final runs, with the data in the repository.
Studio benchmark v1 (top-down wrist, 19 Oct): held-out conditions, three use cases
The Studio's pick74 of 96
Best single off-the-shelf tool0 of 96
Runs that finished the whole task, on conditions neither setup was chosen on, with the v1 setups. Returns tote: 32 of 32; Pipe coupling: 32 of 32; Equipment cabinet: 10 of 32.
v2 adds wrist tilt and honest tolerances; its benchmark is pending.
Read the benchmarkFinger designer, pre-registered
9fewer designs to a finger that seats the part
The language-model designer with feedback against equal-budget random search: 8.97 fewer on average (95% interval 3.5 to 14.2), exact permutation test p = 0.0011.
Read the resultSimulated results. They rank tools under stated conditions; verify on hardware before you rely on them.
29 open, licence-checked end effectors with files, specs and a simulation status, alongside the families the Studio designs. These ones made it into a recommendation.
The same code runs this site, the planner and the physics. Read how it works, or run it yourself.
