Ultra-Light Robotic Prosthetic Hand Enables Efficient and Stable Grasping Through Simple Control

Ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand enables efficient and stable grasping through simple control

An ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand has been developed that enables both precision fingertip control and shape-adaptive gripping through simple motion commands. The hand features an innovative mechanism that allows two degrees of freedom in the thumb (adduction/abduction and flexion/extension) to be independently controlled by a single actuator, achieving exceptional user convenience and weight reduction.

Development of an Ultra-Light Robotic Prosthetic Hand with Enabling Efficient and Stable Grasping Through Simple Control

The research team led by Senior Researcher Dr. Minki Sin at the Department of Medical Robotics, Daegu Convergence Technology Research Center, under the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (President Seog-Hyeon Ryu, hereinafter referred to as KIMM), affiliated institute of the National Research Council of Science and Technology (Chairperson Yeung-Shik Kim, hereinafter referred to as NST), developed an ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand tha