Optimal design of finger phalanges

  • Choi, H.R. (Robotics Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, Pohang P.O.Box 125, 790-600) ;
  • Chung, W.K. (Robotics Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, Pohang P.O.Box 125, 790-600) ;
  • Youm, Y. (Robotics Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology, Pohang P.O.Box 125, 790-600)
  • Published : 1992.10.01

Abstract

An optimal design method to determine the lengths of finger phalanges is proposed especially for anthropomorphic design. The quality of designs are quantified by several measures of global isotropy for design, Also, for an example, optimal design of two fingers is performed and the results are compared with the anatomical data.

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