Teleoperated Anthropomorphic Hand

As we push the limit on exploration of uninhabitable environments, human explorers have been increasingly replaced by robots. We have attempted to give these robot explorers a human advantage. To accomplish this task a multifingered ten degree of freedom robot hand has been constructed. The robot’s actions are dynamically controlled by actuator cables attached to radial servomechanisms. Its functions consist of simple grasp/release operations and contraction/extension of specified digits according to the operator’s desires. These operations are directed exclusively through the operator’s sensory glove, which are fed to a microprocessor and then on to the servomechanisms. Through simple yet seemingly complex design and control, a multifingered robotic hand has been implemented with minimal cost to demonstrate its potential use in the field of robot exploration.