Hand Force Reflection Using Pneumatic Muscle Actuators

Abstract

The aim of this project has been the development of a light weight, user friendly hand force reflection device using pneumatic Muscle Actuators (pMAs) as the primary drive source. The project was divided into four parts. During the first period of this project a detailed study of the key motions of the human hand and the background technology was undertaken in order to determine the requirements of the system. As a second milestone a prototype is actuated by two pMAs, and reflects force into the middle finer and the thumb. It also exhibits the characteristics mentioned in the original proposal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 23, 1999
Accession Number
ADA439167

Entities

People

  • C. Favede
  • D. G. Caldwell

Organizations

  • University of Salford

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Actuators
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Monitoring
  • Prototypes
  • Reflection
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Universities
  • User Friendly

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