• Question: When did you make your first ever robotic hand.

    Asked by E-boy1022 to Chung Han on 11 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Chung Han Chua

      Chung Han Chua answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      First robotic hand I made was in 2015, during my 3rd year in university studying mechanical engineering. It wasn’t designed for an amputee to use, but rather trying to create a tool that had the dexterity of a human hand. It was controlled by an infrared sensor called LEAP which tracked all the fingers in your hand. Moving your left hand up/down/sideways caused the hand to rotate around its base, while opening/closing your right hand would control the finger movements.

      https://goo.gl/RBEhDm
      I admit it’s not pretty as there were a few manufacturing setbacks, and a weight miscalculation. We had to add a pretty large counter balance at the back so it could move vertically.

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