Physical contact between hands and objects plays a critical role in human grasps. We show
that optimizing the pose of a hand to achieve expected contact with an object can improve …

The human hand is one of the most complex and compact grippers that has arisen as a
product of natural genetic engineering; it is highly versatile, as it handles power and …

Soft grasping is a great challenge for picking robots and its bionic inspiration originates from
human fingers. In this study, the hand was scanned to obtain the internal structure of fingers …

People often interact with their surroundings by applying pressure with their hands. While
hand pressure can be measured by placing pressure sensors between the hand and the …

Gripping control of the manipulator is still a technical problem in its research field. Accurate,
efficient, and lossless crawling remains a challenge due to the difficulty of controlling grip …

In the present study, we propose a new actuation device and protocol for testing the
grasping performance of low-cost 3D-printed hand prototypes. The actuation device is …

Humans have evolved a distinctive relationship with “objects”(tools and technology), which
has strongly influenced their anatomical and cognitive capacities. The human hand is …

Existing haptic feedback devices are limited in their capabilities and are often cumbersome
and heavy. In addition, these devices are generic and do not adapt to the users' grasping …

The aim of this study is to systematically reveal the differences in the biomechanics of 16
hand regions related to bionic picking of tomatoes. The biomechanical properties (peak …

Musculoskeletal models of the hand rarely include fingerpad contact mechanics, thereby
limiting our ability to simulate and examine hand-object interactions. The objective of this …