Smart Robotic Hand May Improve Prosthetic Design, Harvard University And Yale University Engineers Say

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Medgadget -- Robotics engineers from Harvard and Yale universities teamed up to create an interesting new robotic hand that can manipulate things in a gentle human-like way. Because every object needs to be grabbed uniquely, so as to be able to pick it up while not damaging it with a wrong grip or too hard of a squeeze, the system uses a smart sensing platform to actively adjust the fingers. Clearly this technology could find good use in robotic surgical systems, or in making hand prostheses easier and more natural to operate.

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