Development of an Anthropomorphic Prosthetic Hand with Underactuated Mechanismopen access
- Authors
- Ryu, Wooseok; Choi, Youngjin; Choi, Yong Je; Lee, Yeong Geol; Lee, Sungon
- Issue Date
- Jun-2020
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- prosthetic hand; underactuated mechanism; self-adaptive grasping; four-bar linkage
- Citation
- Applied Sciences-basel, v.10, no.12, pp 1 - 12
- Pages
- 12
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Applied Sciences-basel
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 12
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/1083
- DOI
- 10.3390/app10124384
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
2076-3417
- Abstract
- Featured Application We developed an anthropomorphic prosthetic hand with an underactuated mechanism for wrist or forearm amputees. The fabricated prototype is 475 g and can realize self-adaptive grasping, adduction/abduction, and flexion/extension motions. An anthropomorphic prosthetic hand for wrist or forearm amputees is developed herein. The prosthetic hand was designed with an underactuated mechanism, which makes self-adaptive grasping possible, as well as natural motions such as flexion and extension. The finger and thumb modules were designed with four degrees of freedom by motions of the distal interphalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and metacarpophalangeal joints. In this research, we pursued several novel trials in prosthetic hand design. By using two four-bar linkages composed of a combination of linkages and gears for coupling joints at each finger, it was possible to make a compact design, and the linkage has advantages such as accurate positioning, uniform power transmission, and high payload. Also, by using constant-velocity joints, torque is transferred to finger modules regardless of adduction/abduction motions. In addition, adduction/abduction and self-adaptive grasping motions are passively realized using torsional springs. The developed prosthetic hand was fabricated with a weight of 475 g and a human hand size of 175 mm. Experiments with diverse objects showed its good functionality.
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