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Episode 65 - An Anthropomorphic Hand

A new robotic hand developed by the German Aerospace Institute and the Harbin Institute of Technology uses servo-actuators which are completely integrated into the hand allowing the four fingers, each with three degrees of freedom, to grip with torque and tactile sensors imitating human motor functions.

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  • Comments

     

    Umar said:

    Remarkable!!!

    August 24, 2007 5:38 AM
     

    D Anderson said:

    Interesting article

    August 24, 2007 12:51 PM
     

    Joaquim Mendes said:

    Great device, congratulations!

    Joaquim

    Faculty of Engineering, UP

    Portugal

    August 27, 2007 6:07 AM
     

    Frank Caherty said:

    It's a great development; I can see it leading soon to "waldoes" as Heinlein envisioned them.

    To help get children more interested in engineering as an exciting career, I think it would be great to show the hand in some actual operations.

    This explanation was just fine for a tech person already knowledgeable about force, torque, degrees-of-freedom, feedback etc.  If we want to attract and grow a new generation of engineers we need to have demo's as well as lectures.

    Maybe that's outside the charter of EngineeringTV?

    Regards,

    Frank

    francisdotcahertyatenngeeceedotcom (enn = "n")

    November 10, 2007 9:14 AM

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