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Rationale

There has been a recent increase in the development of robotic end-effectors allowing robots to pick up and manipulate a broader range of objects, without requiring customized end-of-arm tooling or grippers. With this rapidly growing number of end-effectors with diverse designs, there is a need to their individual competencies and characteristics under a unified framework. Performance metrics can provide valuable insight into not only the raw traits of the technology, but also their task and function-level performance capabilities. These measures can then be used to help match capabilities to end-user needs as well as provide researchers and developers insight for improving their hardware and software designs.