Development of tendon driven under-actuated mechanism applied in an EMG prosthetic hand with three major grasps for daily life

X Jing, X Yong, L Tian, S Togo, Y Jiang… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
X Jing, X Yong, L Tian, S Togo, Y Jiang, H Yokoi, G Li
2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and …, 2018ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a lightweight (<; 250 g) and low-cost (<; 350 USD) biomimetic prosthetic
hand with two actuators embedded in the palm. One of them is employed for
flexion/extension of the five digits, and the other one is used for the adduction/abduction of
thumb. Thus, the hand can achieve major grasping tasks that account for about 85% of
activities in daily life. The unique transmission provides various advantages such as a
compact structure, weight saving, and short driven distance. Furthermore, by using 3D …
This paper presents a lightweight (<;250 g) and low-cost (<;350 USD) biomimetic prosthetic hand with two actuators embedded in the palm. One of them is employed for flexion/extension of the five digits, and the other one is used for the adduction/abduction of thumb. Thus, the hand can achieve major grasping tasks that account for about 85% of activities in daily life. The unique transmission provides various advantages such as a compact structure, weight saving, and short driven distance. Furthermore, by using 3D printing technology, most parts of the prosthetic hand were made to be much lighter and have a humanlike appearance, compared with conventionally manufactured artificial hand. Finally, the performance and practical applicability of the proposed design was verified experimentally through both of a motion verification and an intuitive control test by a healthy subject and a transradial amputee.
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