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    • Robotics
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Prosthetics

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    • Dextrous robotic hands are crucial for advanced prosthetics but are often prohibitively expensive.
    • High actuator counts in biomimetic hands limit widespread adoption and affordability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a cost-effective robotic hand that replicates human grasp configurations with reduced actuator requirements.
    • To evaluate the necessity of replicating all human hand degrees of freedom (DoFs) for functional grasping.

    Main Methods:

    • Introduced the Hybrid-Actuated dextrous Anthropomorphic Robotic (HADAR) Hand, a 13-DoF robotic hand.
    • Employed a hybrid actuation strategy: linkage-driven proximal joints and tendon-based distal joints.
    • Utilized occupational studies and Functional Range of Motion (FROM) data to optimize actuator count.

    Main Results:

    • The HADAR Hand achieves 95% of human grasp configurations with significantly fewer actuators than conventional designs.
    • Successfully replicated 14/15 Cutkosky grasps, 31/33 Feix GRASP taxonomies, and 6/10 Kapandji thumb opposability tests.
    • Demonstrated cost-effectiveness through affordable actuators and additive manufacturing.

    Conclusions:

    • The HADAR Hand offers a viable solution for affordable, high-performance robotic hands and prosthetics.
    • This design significantly reduces actuator count without compromising grasping capabilities.
    • Promotes accessibility and reproducibility in advanced prosthetic development.