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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2004
Perry Anderson, Kensington, CA (US);
J. Efraín Alcorta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott Dewinter, Oakland, CA (US);
Joel Jensen, Redwood City, CA (US);
J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Eliot Leonard Wegbreit, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Perry Anderson, Kensington, CA (US);
J. Efraín Alcorta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott DeWinter, Oakland, CA (US);
Joel Jensen, Redwood City, CA (US);
J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Eliot Leonard Wegbreit, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Strider Labs, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic hand comprises a base having fingers and a palm. The fingers define a working volume. The hand is able to grasp objects between the fingers and the palm by varying a distance from the palm to the working volume. Varying this distance can be achieved by either moving the palm towards the working volume or by moving the working volume towards the palm. Robotic hands that move the palm comprise an actuator that extends the palm from the base towards the working volume. Robotic hands that move the working volume relative to the palm have the fingers mounted to a common finger support unit that is configured to translate relative to the base.