Abstract
This paper presents the Tact hand - an anthropomorphic, open-source, myoelectric prosthetic hand that was designed for use by people with transradial amputations in developing countries. This hand matches or exceeds the performance of other state-of-the-art myoelectric prosthetic hands, but costs two orders of magnitude less ($250) and is easy to manufacture with a 3D printer and off-the-shelf parts. We describe our design process, evaluate the Tact hand with both qualitative and quantitative measures of performance, and show examples of using this hand to grasp household objects.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 7140105 |
| Pages (from-to) | 6451-6456 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
| Volume | 2015-June |
| Issue number | June |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 29 2015 |
| Event | 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2015 - Seattle, United States Duration: May 26 2015 → May 30 2015 |
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- Control and Systems Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Tact : Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand. / Slade, Patrick; Akhtar, Aadeel; Nguyen, Mary; Bretl, Timothy Wolfe.
In: Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2015-June, No. June, 7140105, 29.06.2015, p. 6451-6456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article
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