Effect of the Thumb Orientation and Actuation on the Functionality and Performance of Affordable Prosthetic Hands: Obtaining Design Criteria

Effect of the Thumb Orientation and Actuation on the Functionality and Performance of Affordable Prosthetic Hands: Obtaining Design Criteria

The advent of 3D printing technologies has enabled the development of low-cost prosthetic underactuated hands, with cables working as tendons for flexion. Despite the particular relevance to human grasp, its conception in prosthetics is based on vague intuitions of the designers due to the lack of s...

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Main Authors: Javier Andrés-Esperanza, Jose L. Iserte-Vilar, Immaculada Llop-Harillo, Antonio Pérez-González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Biomimetics
Subjects:
thumb
hand
prosthesis
underactuation
3D printing
benchmarking
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/4/233

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