TY - CHAP
T1 - Enhancing human hand manipulation abilities through supernumerary robotic fingers
AU - Hussain, Irfan
AU - Prattichizzo, Domenico
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - One of the new targets of wearable robots is not to enhance the lift strength far above human capability by wearing a bulky robot, but to support human capability within its range by wearing lightweight and compact robots. A new approach regarding robotic extra-fingers is presented in this chapter. In particular, different design guidelines to realize robotic extra-fingers for human grasping enhancement are proposed. Such guidelines were followed for the realization of three prototypes obtained using rapid prototyping techniques, i.e., a 3D printer and an open hardware development platform. Both fully actuated and underactuated solutions have been explored.
AB - One of the new targets of wearable robots is not to enhance the lift strength far above human capability by wearing a bulky robot, but to support human capability within its range by wearing lightweight and compact robots. A new approach regarding robotic extra-fingers is presented in this chapter. In particular, different design guidelines to realize robotic extra-fingers for human grasping enhancement are proposed. Such guidelines were followed for the realization of three prototypes obtained using rapid prototyping techniques, i.e., a 3D printer and an open hardware development platform. Both fully actuated and underactuated solutions have been explored.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089505355&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-52002-1_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-52002-1_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85089505355
T3 - Biosystems and Biorobotics
SP - 9
EP - 24
BT - Biosystems and Biorobotics
PB - Springer
ER -