This article reports on the state of the art of artificial hands, discussing some of the field's
most important trends and suggesting directions for future research. We review and group …

Grasping and manipulation are fundamental ways for many creatures to interact with their
environments. Different morphologies and grasping methods of “grippers” are highly …

In recent years, exploratory research on soft materials and their mechanism has been
gaining in popularity. The investigations on soft materials are mostly done for two …

The human hand is capable of performing complex and useful tasks using an effective
integration of mechanisms, sensors, actuators and control functions, and at the same time is …

Humanoid robotic upper limbs including the robotic hand and robotic arm are widely studied
as the important parts of a humanoid robot. A robotic upper limb with light weight and high …

This paper presents the design, analysis and development of an anthropomorphic robotic
hand, ie MCR-Hand III. Based on the investigation of human hand anatomical structure and …

This paper presents a review on main topic regarding to anthropomorphic robotic hands
developed in the last years, taking into account the more important mechatronics designs …

Usually, grasp planning can be split into two phases. In the first phase one tries to find a set
of contacts that allow for stable grasping of an object. In the second phase a feasible hand …

In this paper we present a new method to solve the configuration problem on robotic hands:
determining how a hand should be configured so as to grasp a given object in a specific …

The paper deals with the problem of motion planning of anthropomorphic mechanical hands
avoiding collisions and trying to mimic real human hand postures. The approach uses the …