Description:

This project will focus on the development of a new version of the OpenBionics adaptive, humanlike robot hand.

The new design will demonstrate the adaptive behavior of compliant, under-actuated robot grippers and hands and their superior grasping capabilities under uncertainties. To do that, we will explore alternative uses of structural compliance for the development of adaptive grasping mechanisms.

This project will be done in collaboration with the OpenBionics Initiative (www.openbionics.org) and will result in the creation of an open-source repository for the New Dexterity research group (www.newdexterity.org) robot hand designs.

Type:

Undergraduate

Outcome:

Prerequisites

None

Specialisations

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering

Categories

• Biomechatronics
• Design/Systems Engineering
• Dynamics and Control

Supervisor

• Minas Liarokapis

Team

• Laurence de Burgh
• Jonathan Willis

Lab

Mechatronics Design & Build (201.553, Lab)