Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: We have developed a new multifunctional hand mechanism in the hopes of providing\na new mechanism that will have superior function over today’s single degree-of-freedom\n(DOF) mechanisms and yet be robust enough to be clinically viable. There have been a\nmultitude of multifunctional hands built, all of which have failed to find clinical\napplication as an artificial hand replacement. Bolstered by advancements in motor and\nrobotic technology, the past two decades has seen significant effort, and money invested in\nthe development of externally-powered multi-functional hand systems [4, 7,8,9,10,11].\nHowever while many of today’s commercially available externally-powered systems owe\ntheir origins to modern upper-limb research, save for the Touch Bionics hand [14], no\nmultifunctional hand mechanisms have made the transition from the Laboratory into\nclinical practice.
Source: DukeSpace (Duke University)
Authors: Michael Mitchell, Richard F. Weir
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2144949666