TY - CHAP T1 - The SoftHand Pro: Translation from Robotic Hand to Prosthetic Prototype T2 - Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II Y1 - 2016 A1 - S. B. Godfrey A1 - M. Bianchi A1 - K. Zhao A1 - M. G. Catalano A1 - R. Breighner A1 - A. Theuer A1 - K. Andrews A1 - G. Grioli A1 - M. Santello A1 - A. Bicchi KW - Haptics KW - Robotics AB -

This work presents the translation from a humanoid robotic hand to a prosthetic prototype and its first evaluation in a set of 9 persons with amputation. The Pisa/IIT SoftHand is an underactuated hand built on the neuroscientific principle of motor synergies enabling it to perform natural, human-like movements and mold around grasped objects with minimal control input. These features motivated the development of the SoftHand Pro, a prosthetic version of the SoftHand built to interface with a prosthetic socket. The results of the preliminary testing of the SoftHand Pro showed it to be a highly functional design with an intuitive control system. Present results warrant further testing to develop the SoftHand Pro.

JF - Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II PB - Springer International Publishing VL - 15 UR - http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_78 N1 -

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2016), October 18-21, 2016, Segovia, Spain

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