CiteULike is a free online bibliography manager. Register and you can start organising your references online.

A study of the range of motion of human fingers with application to anthropomorphic designs Export

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on In Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. 35, No. 2. (1988), pp. 110-117.

Citation Format

[Posts]

View FullText article


srohner's tags for this article

rom

X Reviews [Write a review of this article]

X Find related articles from these CiteULike users

X Find related articles with these CiteULike tags

X Posting History

X Abstract

The multifingered human hand serves as a model for anthropomorphic manipulators and prosthetic devices. In order to better guide the design of these devices, a study of the range of motion of human fingers is presented. The role of tendons in the actions of human fingers is modeled and results of experimental studies on the range of motion of fingers in normal humans are presented. Further study of disabled hands illustrates constraints imposed by deficient tendon mechanisms. The basic investigations of normal and disabled hands guide the design of tendon-based actuators for mechanized fingers. The design of a prototype finger actuated by a shape-memory alloy material serving as a tendon is discussed


X BibTeX record

X RIS record


Privacy Statement | Terms & Conditions
CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. It helps undergraduates and postgraduates. People studying for PhDs or in postdoctoral (postdoc) positions. The service is similar in scope to EndNote or RefWorks or any other reference manager like BibTeX, but it is a social bookmarking service for scientists and humanities researchers.