Development of prosthetic arm with pneumatic prosthetic hand and tendon-driven wrist.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
; 2009: 5048-51, 2009.
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| ID: mdl-19964378
Recently, various prosthetic arms have been developed, but few are both attractive and functional. Considering human coexistence, prosthetic arms must be both safe and flexible. In this research, we developed a novel prosthetic arm with a five-fingered prosthetic hand using our original pneumatic actuators and a slender tendon-driven wrist using a wire drive and two small motors. Because the prosthetic hand's driving source is comprised of small pneumatic actuators, the prosthetic hand is safe when it makes contact with people; it can also operate flexibly. In addition, the arm has a tendon-driven wrist to expand its motion space and to perform many operations. First, we explain the pneumatic hand's drive mechanism and its tendon-driven wrist. Next, we identify the characteristics of the hand and the wrist and construct a control system for this arm and verify its control performance.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Brazo
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Miembros Artificiales
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Muñeca
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos