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The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development

Author : Ravi Balasubramanian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319030175

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“The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development” presents an edited collection of authoritative contributions in the area of robot hands. The results described in the volume are expected to lead to more robust, dependable, and inexpensive distributed systems such as those endowed with complex and advanced sensing, actuation, computation, and communication capabilities. The twenty-four chapters discuss the field of robotic grasping and manipulation viewed in light of the human hand’s capabilities and push the state-of-the-art in robot hand design and control. Topics discussed include human hand biomechanics, neural control, sensory feedback and perception, and robotic grasp and manipulation. This book will be useful for researchers from diverse areas such as robotics, biomechanics, neuroscience, and anthropologists.

From Robot to Human Grasping Simulation

Author : Beatriz León
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 2013-09-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319018337

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The human hand and its dexterity in grasping and manipulating objects are some of the hallmarks of the human species. For years, anatomic and biomechanical studies have deepened the understanding of the human hand’s functioning and, in parallel, the robotics community has been working on the design of robotic hands capable of manipulating objects with a performance similar to that of the human hand. However, although many researchers have partially studied various aspects, to date there has been no comprehensive characterization of the human hand’s function for grasping and manipulation of everyday life objects. This monograph explores the hypothesis that the confluence of both scientific fields, the biomechanical study of the human hand and the analysis of robotic manipulation of objects, would greatly benefit and advance both disciplines through simulation. Therefore, in this book, the current knowledge of robotics and biomechanics guides the design and implementation of a simulation framework focused on manipulation interactions that allows the study of the grasp through simulation. As a result, a valuable framework for the study of the grasp, with relevant applications in several fields such as robotics, biomechanics, ergonomics, rehabilitation and medicine, has been made available to these communities.

Achieving Human-like Dexterity in Robotic Hands

Author : Taylor D. Niehues
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 2017
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The human hand's unique biomechanical structure and neuromuscular control combine to produce amazing dexterous capabilities in a way that is still not fully understood. The Anatomically Correct Testbed (ACT) hand is a robotic system that is designed as a physical simulation of the human hand, and can help us examine and potentially uncover the roles of biomechanics and neural control in achieving dexterity. In this dissertation, I utilize the ACT hand and other robotic systems to explore the underlying sources of human hand dexterity, with the goal of understanding the fundamental differences between robotic and human hands in terms of (i) mechanical joint/tendon structure and (ii) control strategies. To begin, I develop comprehensive mechanical models that describe the musculoskeletal and tendon mechanics of the fingers and thumb of the human hand. Then, I work to isolate the contributions of biomechanical structure and neuromuscular control toward human dexterity. I have developed and implemented control strategies for achieving fine object manipulation first with the robotic hand of a space humanoid, Robonaut 2, and then with the ACT hand. I examined the unique control challenges, including uncontrollable joints and the requirement of accurate internal models, that arise due to the human hand's complex musculotendon structure and the potential advantages offered by the human hand's design, such as passive joint coupling to facilitate grasp shape adaptation and force production capabilities that are ideally suited for common manipulation tasks. Finally, inspired by the neuromuscular control strategies of the human hand, I have developed a novel hierarchical control strategy for the ACT hand and experimentally demonstrated improved grasp stability and manipulation capabilities compared to conventional robotic control laws. Through an in-depth exploration of human hand biomechanics and neuromuscular control, theoretical control analysis of robotic and human hands, and experimental demonstration of fine object manipulation, this work uncovers crucial insights into the sources of human hand dexterity that have the potential to drive innovative design and control strategies and bring robotic and prosthetic hands closer to human levels of dexterity.

Approaching Human Performance

Author : Markus Grebenstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319035932

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Humanoid robotics have made remarkable progress since the dawn of robotics. So why don't we have humanoid robot assistants in day-to-day life yet? This book analyzes the keys to building a successful humanoid robot for field robotics, where collisions become an unavoidable part of the game. The author argues that the design goal should be real anthropomorphism, as opposed to mere human-like appearance. He deduces three major characteristics to aim for when designing a humanoid robot, particularly robot hands: - Robustness against impacts - Fast dynamics - Human-like grasping and manipulation performance Instead of blindly copying human anatomy, this book opts for a holistic design methodology. It analyzes human hands and existing robot hands to elucidate the important functionalities that are the building blocks toward these necessary characteristics. They are the keys to designing an anthropomorphic robot hand, as illustrated in the high performance anthropomorphic Awiwi Hand presented in this book. This is not only a handbook for robot hand designers. It gives a comprehensive survey and analysis of the state of the art in robot hands as well as the human anatomy. It is also aimed at researchers and roboticists interested in the underlying functionalities of hands, grasping and manipulation. The methodology of functional abstraction is not limited to robot hands, it can also help realize a new generation of humanoid robots to accommodate a broader spectrum of the needs of human society.

Bio-inspired Robotic Joint and Manipulator

Author : Pei-Hsin Kuo
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,42 MB
Release : 2014
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One of the greatest challenges in controlling robotic hands is grasping and manipulating objects in unstructured and uncertain environments. Robotic hands are typically too rigid to react against unexpected impacts and disturbances in order to prevent damage. The human hands have great versatility and robustness due, in part, to the passive compliance and damping. Designing mechanical elements that are inspired by the nonlinear joint compliance of human hands is a promising solution to achieve human-like grasping and manipulation. However, the exact role of biomechanical elements in realizing joint stiffness is unknown. We conducted a series of experiments to investigate nonlinear stiffness and damping of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint at the index finger. We designed a custom-made mechanism to integrate electromyography sensors (EMGs) and a motion capture system to collect data from 19 subjects. We investigated the relative contributions of muscle-tendon units and the MCP capsule ligament complex to joint stiffness with subject-specific modeling. The results show that the muscle-tendon units provide limited contribution to the passive joint compliance. This findings indicate that the parallel compliance, in the form of the capsule-ligament complex, is significant in defining the passive properties of the hand. To identify the passive damping, we used the hysteresis loops to investigate the energy dissipation function. We used symbolic regression and principal component analysis to derive and interpret the damping models. The results show that the nonlinear viscous damping depends on the cyclic frequency, and fluid and structural types of damping also exist at the MCP joint. Inspired by the nonlinear stiffness of the MCP joint, we developed a miniaturized mechanism that uses pouring liquid plastic to design energy storing elements. The key innovations in this design are: a) a set of nonlinear elasticity of compliant materials, b) variable pulley configurations to tune the stiffness profile, and c) pretension mechanism to scale the stiffness profile. The design exhibits human-like passive compliance. By taking advantage of miniaturized joint size and additive manufacturing, we incorporated the novel joint design in a novel robotic manipulator with six series elastic actuators (SEA). The robotic manipulator has passive joint compliance with the intrinsic property of human hands. To validate the system, we investigated the Cartesian stiffness of grasping with low-level force control. The results show that that the overall system performs a great force tracking with position feedback. The parallel compliance decreases the motor efforts and can stabilize the system.

Human Inspired Dexterity in Robotic Manipulation

Author : Tetsuyou Watanabe
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,29 MB
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0128133961

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Human Inspired Dexterity in Robotic Manipulation provides up-to-date research and information on how to imitate humans and realize robotic manipulation. Approaches from both software and hardware viewpoints are shown, with sections discussing, and highlighting, case studies that demonstrate how human manipulation techniques or skills can be transferred to robotic manipulation. From the hardware viewpoint, the book discusses important human hand structures that are key for robotic hand design and how they should be embedded for dexterous manipulation. This book is ideal for the research communities in robotics, mechatronics and automation. Investigates current research direction in robotic manipulation Shows how human manipulation techniques and skills can be transferred to robotic manipulation Identifies key human hand structures for robotic hand design and how they should be embedded in the robotic hand for dexterous manipulation

Human and Robot Hands

Author : Matteo Bianchi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,8 MB
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 331926706X

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This book looks at the common problems both human and robotic hands encounter when controlling the large number of joints, actuators and sensors required to efficiently perform motor tasks such as object exploration, manipulation and grasping. The authors adopt an integrated approach to explore the control of the hand based on sensorimotor synergies that can be applied in both neuroscience and robotics. Hand synergies are based on goal-directed, combined muscle and kinematic activation leading to a reduction of the dimensionality of the motor and sensory space, presenting a highly effective solution for the fast and simplified design of artificial systems. Presented in two parts, the first part, Neuroscience, provides the theoretical and experimental foundations to describe the synergistic organization of the human hand. The second part, Robotics, Models and Sensing Tools, exploits the framework of hand synergies to better control and design robotic hands and haptic/sensing systems/tools, using a reduced number of control inputs/sensors, with the goal of pushing their effectiveness close to the natural one. Human and Robot Hands provides a valuable reference for students, researchers and designers who are interested in the study and design of the artificial hand.

Design and Control of an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand

Author : Zhe Xu
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 30,44 MB
Release : 2015
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According to the cortical homunculus, our hand function requires over one quarter of the brain power allocated for the whole body's motor/sensory activities. The evolutionary role of the human hand is more than just being the manipulation tool that allows us to physically interact with the world. Recent study shows that our hands can also affect the mirror neuron system that enables us to cognitively learn and imitate the actions of others. However the state-of-art technologies only allow us to make cosmetically true-to-life prosthetic hands with cadaver-like stiff joints made of mechanical substitutes. And very few research groups know how to design robotic hands that can closely mimic the salient biological features of the human hand. The goal of our project is to reduce cognitive and physical discrepancy, in the cases where we need a pair of our hands interacting with a different environment remotely. Our project will try to answer the following questions: With the great advance of 3D-printing technologies, and promising new materials for artificial muscles and ligaments, can we design a personalized anthropomorphic robotic hand that possesses all the favorable functions of our very own hand? With such a robotic hand, can we reduce the control space, and establish a easy mapping for the human user to effectively control it? Is it possible to teleoperate the robotic hand to perform amazingly dexterous tasks without force feedback as those surgical robots demonstrated? To answer these questions, we are going to investigate the design and control of our proposed anthropomorphic robotic hand.

Teleoperated Grasping Using an Upgraded Haptic-Enabled Human-Like Robotic Hand and a CyberTouch Glove

Author : Qi Zhu
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2020
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Grasping, the skill to hold objects and tools while doing in-hand manipulation, still is in many cases an unsolvable problem for robotics, but a natural act for humans. An efficient grasping requires not only human-like robotic hands with articulated fingers but also tactile, force, and kinesthetic sensors for the precise control of the forces and motions exerted during the manipulation. As a fully autonomous robotic dexterous manipulation is too difficult to develop for changing and unstructured environments, an alternative approach is to combine the low-level robot computer control with the higher-level perception and task planning abilities of a human operator equipped with an adequate human-computer interface (HCI). This thesis presents theoretical and experimental contributions to the development of an upgraded haptic-enabled anthropomorphic Ring Ada dexterous robotic hand and a biology-inspired synergistic real-time control system for teleoperated grasping of different objects using a CyberTouch HCI data glove. A fuzzy logic controller module was developed to efficiently control the underactuated Ring Ada' robotic hand during grasping. A machine learning classification system was developed to recognize grasped objects. Experiments have convincingly demonstrated that our novel Ring Ada robotic hand equipped with kinematic position sensors and touch sensors is able to efficiently grasp different lightweight objects through teleoperation.