Goal: This paper aims to provide an overview with quantitative information of existing 3D-
printed upper limb prostheses. We will identify the benefits and drawbacks of 3D-printed …

The desire for functional replacement of a missing hand is an ancient one. Historically,
humans have replaced a missing limb with a prosthesis for cosmetic, vocational, or personal …

Development and implementation of neuroprosthetic hands is a multidisciplinary field at the
interface between humans and artificial robotic systems, which aims at replacing the …

Introduction Hand amputation significantly challenges one's independence in carrying out
daily activities. With the UK and Italy recoding circa 5200 and 3500 upper limb (UL) …

In developing countries, prosthetic workshops are limited, difficult to reach, or even non-
existent. Especially, fabrication of active, multi-articulated, and personalized hand prosthetic …

Various upper-limb prostheses have been designed for 3D printing but only a few of them
are based on bio-inspired design principles and many anatomical details are not typically …

Although technology and computation power have become more and more present in our
daily lives, we have yet to see the same tendency in robotics applied to health care. In this …

In developing countries, the access of amputees to prosthetic devices is very limited. In a
way to increase accessibility of prosthetic hands, we have recently developed a new …

Rejection rates of upper limb prostheses are high (23%-45%). Amputees indicate that the
highest design priority should be reduction of the mass of the prosthetic device. Despite all …

Globally, the most popular upper-limb prostheses are powered by the human body. For body-
powered (BP) upper-limb prostheses, control is provided by changing the tension of …