Introduced a device to study the behavior of the robotic hand
Un sensorized cylindrical object for the evaluation of operations of grasping and manipulation of the human or robotic hand. This is what Michele Pantoni e Luigi Raiano, two students of master's degreecourse in Biomedical Engineering who presented a scientific paper to the EMBC 2016, the most important annual international conference in bioengineering organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
A Orlando, USA, from 16 to 20 August 2016, Pantoni and Raiano had the opportunity to illustrate the work branded entirely UCBM and the subject of their master's degree theses. What was produced in the Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems laboratory in collaboration with that of Biomedical Measurements and Instrumentation is a integrated device with 16 sensors and a central unit which communicates via bluetooth all the information relating to interaction forces between hand and object as well as the orientation of the object itself during manipulation.
For the realization, the researchers performed a series of tests aimed at identifying the best mechanical and electronic design of the object. The results obtained have shown that the application can be used to measure the forces applied during gripping operations. In fact, the information released by the device makes it possible to reconstruct the behavior of the human hand in order to develop algorithms that then allow the same behavior to be replicated on the robotic system. A study that fits into the broader research perspective UCBM aimed at the development of upper limb prostheses that have a shape and function as similar as possible to those of natural limbs.
