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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Universita' Di Pisa, Pisa, IT;
Fondazione Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia, Genoa, IT;
Antonio Biicchi, Massa, IT;
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Pisa, IT;
Giorgio Grioli, Pisa, IT;
Manolo Garabini, Ceprana, IT;
Cristina Piazza, Trapani, IT;
Cosimo Della Santina, Pontedera, IT;
UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, Pisa, IT;
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, Genoa, IT;
Abstract
An artificial hand is provided. The artificial includes phalanges suitable to reproduce at least one finger, hinges hinging a first element identifying a phalanx to a second element identifying a second phalanx, and an implementation mechanism suitable to command a reciprocal rotation between the hinges defining a mutual rotation speed between the first and second element. The hinges define different damping coefficients so that, during a mutual rotation of the first and second element, they are subject to distinct damping forces opposing mutual rotation and proportional to the mutual rotation speed so as to vary the movement of the artificial hand as a function of the mutual rotation speed.