Development of Self-Powered Prosthetic Finger with Pneumatic Passive Joints for Distal Interphalangeal Joint Amputees

Myoelectric prosthetic hands and fingers with grasping functions have challenges such as weight, cost, and grasping performance of flexible objects owing to the use of electric actuators. To resolve these problems, we propose a self-powered movable prosthetic finger using pneumatic pressure. This pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of robotics and mechatronics 2024-10, Vol.36 (5), p.1221-1234
Hauptverfasser: Nishikawa, Kotaro, Hirata, Kentaro, Takaiwa, Masahiro
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Myoelectric prosthetic hands and fingers with grasping functions have challenges such as weight, cost, and grasping performance of flexible objects owing to the use of electric actuators. To resolve these problems, we propose a self-powered movable prosthetic finger using pneumatic pressure. This prosthetic finger utilizes the flexion/extension of the remaining finger of the user to drive a wire and flex or extend the finger joints. The use of a tendon (wire) and belt drives reduces the space occupied by the prosthetic finger unit compared with conventional linked prosthetic fingers. Furthermore, a sealed-air bellows is used for the joint for flexible grasping owing to passive variable-compliance and damping, which is impossible with only a tendon drive. These features have resulted in the stable grasping of various objects that are difficult to grasp using prosthetic fingers based on conventional technologies.
ISSN:0915-3942
1883-8049
DOI:10.20965/jrm.2024.p1221