Description:
The man-type robot hand, Gifu Hand III, has been developed as an object for a research of grasping and manipulating an object and operating a machine device, and it is small and lightweight. In order to achieve the movements of human fingers to grasp and manipulate an object
and to operate a machine device, the robot hand is made like human hand both geometrically and functionally. It has five fingers with total of 20 joints and 16 degrees of freedom.
Employing small servomotors inside of the fingers, it becomes possible to be small and lightweight. Moreover, each joint and each finger is a complete module or a unit so that the maintenance becomes easier.