THE MECHANIZED HAND.

Abstract

At the time of cosmic flight, the cosmonaut is exposed to much greater over-loads. In such conditions, it is difficult to control the cosmic ship with the aid of manual control, because it is necessary to overcome the additional weight of the hands, created on account of the overload. One of the American companies carried out successful experiments (repeating the experiments of Soviet scientists) to control by a 'mechanical' hand with the aid of bio-currents. On the cosmonaut's hand is fitted a special 'glove' which is brought into movement by an electrical or hydraulic drive. In this way, the movement of the hand is executed on account of muscle forces, and on account of drive operation. The device enables free movement of the hand at forces of the order of 40 kilos. (Document quoted in its entirety)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 1965
Accession Number
AD0611017

Entities

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Overload
  • Scientists

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Robotics and Automation.