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Research on controlling additional robotic limbs through leg and foot movement
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MIT
MIT supernumerary robotic fingers (2014)
Research prototypeResearch on augmenting a human hand with two synchronised robotic fingers.
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Manufacturer photograph of physical MIT supernumerary robotic fingers (2014) hardware.
- 2014 research apparatus, not a currently available medical aid.
- The described prototype controls posture; force-adaptation was identified as subsequent research.
Key details
- Designed for
- Research on augmenting a human hand with two synchronised robotic fingers ↗
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Physical MIT research prototype described in July2014. No consumer price or production release verified.
Physical MIT research prototype described in July2014. No consumer price or production release verified.
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Specifications
- Designed for
- Research on augmenting a human hand with two synchronised robotic fingers ↗
- Form factor
- Wrist-mounted brace with two actuated extra fingers ↗
- Research Year
- 2014 ↗
- Additional Digits
- Two fingers adjacent to the human thumb and little finger ↗
- Actuation
- Linked actuators generating grasp forces ↗
- Training Sensors
- Sensor glove records human finger joint positions ↗
- Control
- Algorithm correlates human and robotic grasp postures ↗
- Coupling
- Robot closes/spreads with the human hand ↗
- Study Objects
- Bottle, football and other grasped objects in prototype experiments ↗
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