Abstract
In this article, we present the <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">RBO Hand 3</i> , a highly capable and versatile anthropomorphic soft hand based on pneumatic actuation. The <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">RBO Hand 3</i> is designed to enable dexterous manipulation, to facilitate transfer of insights about human dexterity, and to serve as a robust research platform for extensive real-world experiments. It achieves these design goals by combining many degrees of actuation with intrinsic compliance, replicating relevant functioning of the human hand, and by combining robust components in a modular design. The <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">RBO Hand 3</i> possesses 16 independent degrees of actuation, implemented in a dexterous opposable thumb, two-chambered fingers, an actuated palm, and the ability to spread the fingers. In this article, we derive the design objectives that are based on experimentation with the hand’s predecessors, observations about human grasping, and insights about principles of dexterity. We explain in detail how the design features of the <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">RBO Hand 3</i> achieve these goals and evaluate the hand by demonstrating its ability to achieve the highest possible score in the Kapandji test for thumb opposition, to realize all 33 grasp types of the comprehensive GRASP taxonomy, to replicate common human grasping strategies, and to perform dexterous in-hand manipulation.
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