Tact: Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand

Patrick Slade; Aadeel Akhtar; Mary Nguyen; Timothy Wolfe Bretl

doi:10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140105

Tact: Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand

Patrick Slade, Aadeel Akhtar, Mary Nguyen, Timothy Wolfe Bretl

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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)
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	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140105
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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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Slade, P., Akhtar, A., Nguyen, M., & Bretl, T. W. (2015). Tact: Design and performance of an open-source, affordable, myoelectric prosthetic hand. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015-June(June), 6451-6456. [7140105]. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140105

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