The use of fibre reinforced composite materials for biomedical purposes is reviewed. The
development of polymer composite materials has, in recent years, led to technological …

Recent decades have seen significant progress in the field of artificial hands. Most of the
surveys, which try to capture the latest developments in this field, focused on actuation and …

We describe a simple passive universal gripper, consisting of a mass of granular material
encased in an elastic membrane. Using a combination of positive and negative pressure …

Grasping and manipulation skills are at the core of the development of modern robotic
systems. With the introduction of robotics in new applications involving unstructured …

In stark contrast to the inspiring functionality of the natural hand, limitations of current upper
limb prostheses stemming from marginal feedback control, challenges of mechanical …

The authors have been developing humanoid robots in order to develop new mechanisms
and functions for a humanoid robot that has the ability to communicate naturally with a …

Simple grippers with one or two degrees of freedom are commercially available prosthetic
hands; these pinch type devices cannot grasp small cylinders and spheres because of their …

In order to calculate and measure the performance of underactuated hands to pick up and
move various objects, two new performance metrics have been defined. These metrics …

This paper studies the grasp stability of two classes of three-phalanx underactuated fingers
with transmission mechanisms based on either linkages or tendons and pulleys. The …

This paper looks at various existing upper limb prostheses both from the commercial and
research area. It assesses what has been achieved in the commercial field as well as its …