Additive manufacturing for prostheses development: state of the art

S Savsani, S Singh, HS Mali - Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Medical devices are undergoing rapid changes because of the increasing
affordability of advanced technologies like additive manufacturing (AM) and three …

[HTML][HTML] The anthropomorphic hand assessment protocol (AHAP)

I Llop-Harillo, A Pérez-González, J Starke… - Robotics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The progress in the development of anthropomorphic hands for robotic and prosthetic
applications has not been followed by a parallel development of objective methods to …

3D Printing in the Design and Fabrication of Anthropomorphic Hands: A Review

J Park, M Chang, I Jung, H Lee… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, 3D‐printed anthropomorphic hands for prosthetic or robotic applications are
reviewed as 3D printing has transformed manufacturing by enabling the creation of intricate …

Measuring anthropomorphism of a new humanoid hand-arm system

AK Sinha, NM Thalmann, Y Cai - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2023 - Springer
Existing perceptional and analytical techniques for quantifying anthropomorphism of robotic
hand-arm systems have significant limitations. The former is based on subjective appraisals …

[HTML][HTML] Affordable 3D-printed tendon prosthetic hands: Expectations and benchmarking questioned

J Andres-Esperanza, JL Iserte-Vilar… - … Science and Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The popularization of 3D-printing has allowed enhancing affordable prostheses for persons
with amputations in developing countries, yet manufacturers are not subjected to any control …

Grasping ability and motion synergies in affordable tendon-driven prosthetic hands controlled by able-bodied subjects

I Llop-Harillo, A Pérez-González… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Affordable 3D-printed tendon-driven prosthetic hands are a rising trend because of their
availability and easy customization. Nevertheless, comparative studies about the …

3D printed wearable exoskeleton human-machine interfacing device

R Chirila, M Ntagios, R Dahiya - 2020 IEEE SENSORS, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a wearable, flexible, 3D-printed exoskeleton human-machine
interfacing device with embedded sensors and actuators for real-time haptic feedback. The …

Real-time EMG based prosthetic hand controller realizing neuromuscular constraint

NM Kakoty, L Gohain, JB Saikia, AJ Kalita… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Development of prosthetic hands with human-like functionality and controllability is
one of the major goals in the area of rehabilitation robotics. Current developments on …

Benchmarking anthropomorphic hands through grasping simulations

I Llop-Harillo, JL Iserte… - … of Computational Design …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In recent decades, the design of anthropomorphic hands has been developed greatly
improving both cosmesis and functionality. Experimentation, simulation, and combined …

A performance evaluation of commercially available and 3D-printable prosthetic hands: a comparison using the anthropomorphic hand assessment protocol

JR Siegel, JK Harwood, AC Lau, DJA Brenneis… - BMC Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Despite significant technological progress in prosthetic hands, a device with functionality
akin to a biological extremity is far from realization. To better support the development of …