Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of Nasa

S Michael Goza

Robert E Platt

Charles W Wampler, Ii

Chris A Ihrke

Lyndon Bridgwater

An improved robotic thumb for a robotic hand assembly is provided. According to one aspect of the disclosure, improved tendon routing in the robotic thumb provides control of four degrees of freedom with only five tendons. According to another aspect of the disclosure, one of the five degrees of freedom of a human thumb is replaced in the robotic thumb with a permanent twist in the shape of a phalange. According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, a position sensor includes a magnet having two portions shaped as circle segments with different center points. The magnet provides a linearized output from a Hall effect sensor.

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League City, TX, United States of America

S Michael Goza