The UC Softhand: Light Weight Adaptive Bionic Hand with a Compact Twisted String Actuation System

In this paper, we present the design and development of the UC-Softhand. The UC Softhand is a low cost, Bionic and adaptive hand that takes advantage of compliant joints. By optimization of the actuation strategy as well as the actuation mechanism, we could develop an anthropomorphic hand that embed...

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Main Authors: Mahmoud Tavakoli, Rafael Batista, Lucio Sgrigna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-12-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/5/1/1