Designing a fast low-cost anthopomorphic robotic hand

Designing a fast low-cost anthopomorphic robotic hand

Erceylan, Meriç (TU Delft Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Venkatesha Prasad, Ranga Rao (mentor)
Erkin, Z. (graduation committee)
Gokhale, V. (graduation committee)
Simha, A. (graduation committee)
Kroep, Kees (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Electrical Engineering | Embedded Systems

2022-07-22

In this Thesis a fast, low-cost, anthropomorphic robotic hand with tactile feedback is designed. The hand consists of an index finger and a thumb, both of which have four degrees of freedom. All eight degrees of freedom are fully actuated using eight servomotors whose forces are transferred using tendons. The design introduces tendon routing to minimize the change in tendon tension as the joints rotate. To accomplish this at the 2 degree of freedom joints of thumb and index finger, a novel design for the ball and socket joint is created. The hand can be controlled using a tactile glove called the SenseGlove which also enables the user to receive force feedback. Testing reveals that the robot can open and close its fingers within 275 ms, and is able to grab a variety of objects.

Tactile internet
Robotic hand
anthropomorphic
fast
low-cost

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Student theses

master thesis

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