Results

Device for mechanical underactuation of prosthetic hand with harness UHMA1.

Three finger robotic gripper JORDANTE, designed for studying integration in UR5 arm.

Underactuated hand with mechanical actuation UH-JOAQUIN.

Underactuated hand with mechanical actuation UH-MIGUEL.

Underactuation system for three fingers: middle-ring-little UHURings.

Hand model in Unity for animation of hand motions in NFT platforms.

Immaculada Llop-Harillo, José L Iserte, Antonio Pérez-González, Benchmarking anthropomorphic hands through grasping simulations, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 330–342, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwac002.

Javier Andrés-Esperanza, José L. Iserte-Vilar, Immaculada Llop-Harillo, Antonio Pérez-González (2022). Effect of the Thumb Orientation and Actuation on the Functionality and Performance of Affordable Prosthetic Hands: Obtaining Design Criteria. Biomimetics 2022, 7(4), 233; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7040233.

Antonio Pérez-González, Víctor Roda-Casanova, Javier Sabater-Gazulla (2023). Predicting wrist joint angles from the kinematics of the arm: Application to the control of upper limb prostheses, Biomimetics 2023, 8(2), 219; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8020219.

Joaquín Cerdá-Boluda, Marta C. Mora, Nuria Lloret, Stefano Scarani,Jorge Sastre (2023). Design of Virtual Hands for Natural Interaction in the Metaverse. Sensors 2024, 24(3), 741; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24030741 

Marta C. Mora, José V. García-Ortiz , Joaquín Cerdá-Boluda. sEMG-Based Robust Recognition of Grasping Postures with a Machine Learning Approach for Low-Cost Hand Control. Sensors 2024, 24(7), 2063; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072063

 J. V. García-Ortiz, M. C. Mora, J. J. Arroyave-Salazar, A. Pérez-González, I. Llop-Harillo. A protocol for evaluation of hand prosthesis control. 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, June 26-29, 2022, Porto, Portugal. 

I. Llop-Harillo, J. L. Iserte, A. Pérez-González. Assessing prosthetic hand designs through a new grasping simulation benchmark. 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, June 26-29, 2022, Porto, Portugal. 

Immaculada Llop-Harillo, Antonio Pérez-González, Julia Starke, Tamim Asfour. Anthropomorphic Hand Assessment Protocol. Robo AI-Con-2023 Conference, March, 2023, Rome, Italy.

Andrés F. J., Iserte J. L., Llop I., Pérez A, Expectations and Benchmarking of Prosthetic Hands Questioned. Robo AI-Con-2023 Conference, March, 2023, Rome, Italy.

Llop-Harillo, I., Jarque-Bou, N.,Pérez-González, A., Iserte, J.L., Andrés-Esperanza, J. Generation of anthropomorphic grasp hypotheses for grasping simulation. 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, May, 2023, Paris, France. 

Cerdá-Boluda, J., Mora, M.C., García-Ortiz, J.V. Virtual reality as a means to improve the communication among users and artificial hands. 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, May, 2023, Paris, France. 

Marta C. Mora, María L. Morató, José V. García-Ortiz, Joaquín Cerdá-Boluda. EMG-based identification of ADL grasp types with a deep-learning approach for prosthetic use. 18th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, May, 2023, Paris, France. 

 Ibáñez Borreda, J, González Trocoli,  A., Llop Harillo, I, Pérez González, A. Actuación mecánica de prótesis de mano. VII Jornada Estudia e Investiga de la Universitat Jaume I, marzo 2022

Miguel Martínez Collado, Immaculada Llop Harillo, Antonio Pérez González. Efecto de los parámetros de impresión 3D en la resistencia del PLA utilizado para fabricar manos protésicas de bajo coste. XXIV Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, oct. 2023.

Antonio Pérez González, Víctor Roda Casanova, Javier Sabater Gazulla. Predicción de postura en la muñeca humana a partir de la cinemática del brazo. Aplicación al control de manos protésicas. XXIV Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, oct. 2023.

S. Arambul Pérez, J.V. García-Ortiz, M.C. Mora, J. Cerdá-Boluda. Comparativa experimental del control de la trayectoria de dedos en prótesis de mano: PID vs GPC. XXIV Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, oct. 2023.

Alba Roda Sales, Immaculada Llop Harillo, Néstor Jarque Bou. Hacia la mejora del diseño y fabricación de encajes de prótesis de mano. XII Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica. Málaga, nov. 2023.

Javier Sabater Gazulla, 2022, Compact ball joint mechanism for robotic hands based on spherical gears. Bachelor Project. 

Jordi Pérez Diago, 2022, Diseño, fabricación y control de una pinza robótica de tres dedos para robot colaborativo. Bachelor Project. 

María Luisa Morató García, 2022, Identificación de agarres de mano mediante un sistema humano-máquina basado en EMG. Master Project. 

Álvaro Hernández Casamayor, 2022, Diseño, programación y control de pinza de dos dedos para mano artificial, con capacidad para agarre pinza y lateral, con regulación del nivel de fuerza y respuesta visual al usuario. Bachelor Project. 

Joaquin Ibáñez Borredá, 2022, Design of a mechanical system for underactuation of hand prostheses. Bachelor Project. 

Sergio Arambul Pérez, 2023, Model-based predictive control applied to anthropomorphic prosthetic hand grasping. Master Project.

Miguel Martínez Collado, 2023, Diseño de prótesis de mano subactuada de accionamiento mecánico. Bachelor Project.

Carlos Martínez Lloret, 2023, Prótesis de mano de accionamiento humano impresa en MJF. Bachelor Project.

 Imma Llop was awarded in the "I convocatoria para proyectos de investigación en compromiso social" from Universitat Jaume I and Banco de Santander, for the work "Design and evaluation of prosthetic hands", related with this and earlier projects within the group, in Nov, 2021.

The student Javier Sabater obtained the prize of the professional "Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Superiores Industriales" of the Valencian Community for his final Bachelor Project “Compact ball joint mechanism for robotic hands based on spherical gears”, related to the UNIQUE-HAND project, in Feb, 2023.

Imma Llop and Alba Roda were awarded in the "III convocatoria para proyectos de investigación en compromiso social" from Universitat Jaume I and Banco de Santander, for the work "Biomechanical and emotional analysis to improve the design and fabrication of sockets for hand prostheses", in Nov, 2023.

Imma Llop delivered a seminar about "Anthropomorphic artificial hands" to students of the Biomedical Engineering degree in Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, presenting the work of the group and the objective of the UNIQUE-HAND project.

Imma Llop supervises the UJI-Hand team that has been funded through a project from the UJI-LAB-Innovation call. This call promotes the creation of multidisciplinary teams led by students who develop innovative initiatives organized around projects. The UJI-Hand project focuses on the design of hand prostheses manufactured by 3D printing. In the beginning, an attempt will be made to provide this type of prosthesis to people who need it with the ultimate goal of obtaining a prototype that can compete in the Cybathlon 2024 Arm Prosthesis Race.

Antonio Pérez, J.L. Iserte and Imma Llop present the objectives and advances of the UNIQUE-HAND project in the Research Day organised by the Deptartment of Mechanical Engineering and Construction in July 21th, 2022.

The UJI-Hand team, supervised by Imma Llop, participates in the V Day of Design, Creativity and Technology (September 28, 2022 at the ESTCE of the UJI) and in the Mediterranean Night of Researchers, MEDNIGHT GTS , with the workshop "The challenges of prosthetic hand design" (September 30, 2022 at the UJI).

Imma Llop organises two editions of the UJI-Hand challenge (edition 1 in nov. 2022, edition 2 in nov. 2023), addressed to students of engineering degrees, for the design of a 3D printed body-powered artificial hand. The competition took place on Nov, 16th at the UJI with the participation of three teams. Photos and videos.

Imma Llop gives two talks to high school students about our research in the project as part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023 organized by the Universitat Jaume I.

Antonio Pérez delivers a talk at the Argot bookshop in Castellón about "Impact of additive manufacturing, robotics and artificial intelligence", disseminating to general public part of the results of the UNIQUE-HAND project and other previous projects (April 2023).

The UJI-Hand team, supervised by Imma Llop, participates in the SCIENCE GTS event at UJI on September, 29th, 2023, showing and demonstrating the use of mechanically actuated prosthetic hands developed by the team.

On 27-Oct-2021 the team of the project had a meeting with the robotic company Robotnik for  presenting the objectives of the project and identifying its interest and possible collaboration areas. Robotnik explained briefly about some of the European projects in which the company is involved and where some of the developments of the project could be tested.

On 28-Oct-2021 Antonio Pérez had a meeting with the President and the Director of COCEMFE Castellón for presenting the objectives of the project and discuss possible collaborations and interests. Some ideas arised about  participation of amputated subjects in the project and the design of adapted products and splints using 3D printed technologies.

On 29-Oct-2021 Antonio Pérez and Marta Mora had a meeting with the engineering company Axontec for  presenting the objectives of the project and identifying its interest and possible collaboration areas. Axontec could collaborate with the team in the area of engineering the final hand design for facilitating transfer to industrial applications.

On 11-Nov-2021 the team of the project met with the orthopaedic company EMO for  presenting the objectives of the project and identifying its interest and possible collaboration areas in the project. EMO showed disposition to collaborate in the selection of prosthetic patients that can participate in the lab tests or in the Cybathlon competition, as well as in other technical aspects about EMG control and socket design.

On 24-Feb-2022 the team of the project had a meeting with ANDADE, the Spanish association for helping amputated people, in order to start a collaboration in the framework of the project.

On 4-Mar-2022 the team of the project meet with Dr. Lluis Guirao, head of the Rehabilitation Service in Hospital Asepeyo in San Cugat (Barcelona) and discussed different issues about prosthetic hand implantation and different control and training methods currently used in his service.

On 13-Apr-2022 Antonio Pérez an Imma Llop meet with the orthopaedic company EMO for interchanging information about the different commercial wrists available for mechanical and myoelectric hands.

On June-2022, Ximo Cerdá, Marta Mora and José F. Fuentes collaborate with I3M institute, UPV, the company Metric Salad and the designer Ana Locking in the animation of hand motions for NFT products.

Formative session "Tecnologías habilitadoras: las tecnologías que marcarán la nueva economía", Redit, 4 h, Sept. 2022. Attendees: A. Pérez

Introductory course on use and programming of collaborative robot UR5, CFZ Cobots, 5 h, March, 2022. Attendees: A. Pérez, M. Mora, J.V. García, J. Andrés, J.F. Fuentes and student J. Pérez.

Course "Valorización de resultados de I+D y tecnologías para personal investigador", 12 h. RedTransfer, March, 2022. Attendees: I. Llop.

Webinar "La impresión 3D de polvo en la industria. Beneficios y retos de la tecnología SAF de Stratasys", 3DNatives, 1 h, March, 2022. Attendees: A. Pérez

Formative session: "Introduction to the use of SolidWorks PDM", Group of Biomechanics and Ergonomics, delivered by A. Pérez. Attendees: J. Andrés, M. Mora, J.L. Iserte, I. Llop, D. Cardin, S. Arambul, J. Sabater. 

Imma Llop attends the international OTWorld Trade Show and World Congress about orthopedics and prosthetics in Leipzig (Germany) in May 2022.

Antonio Pérez attends the course on regulation for Medical Devices and In Vitro Medical Devices  organized by UniSalut in Nov. 2022.

UJI, April, 2022. Robotic projects funded by the Spanish Research Plan at UJI.

El Periòdic.com, April, 2022. Robotic projects funded by the Spanish Research Plan at UJI.

Levante, April, 2022. Robotic projects funded by the Spanish Research Plan at UJI.

Valencia news, April, 2022. Robotic projects funded by the Spanish Research Plan at UJI.

ViveCastellon, April, 2022. Robotic projects funded by the Spanish Research Plan at UJI.

Bailando el Popurrí de las manos en Unity con Leap Motion, April, 2022. Funny video demonstrating how to use Leap Motion and Unity to simulate human hands in virtual reality environments.

Mediterráneo, Noticia, June, 2022. Project UNIQUE-HAND.

CulturPlaza, Jul, 2022. Collaboration in virtual hand model for the project "Say My Nails", in cooperation with art designer Ana Locking and the company Metric Salad.

El periòdic.com, Jul, 2022. Collaboration in virtual hand model for the project "Say My Nails", in cooperation with art designer Ana Locking and the company Metric Salad.

À punt radio, Oct, 2022. Interview with Imma Llop about the UHI-Hand team and our research in the design and evaluation of artificial hands. 

El Mundo Castellon, April, 2023. News about the Antonio Pérez's talk on "Impact of aditive manufacturing, robotics and artificial intelligence" at Argot bookshop in Castellón.

À punt television, Feb, 9th 2024. The students Miguel Martínez and Abel Hida from the UJI-Hand team, coordinated by Imma Llop, were interviewed in the TV show "Som de casa" and sowed some of the mechanical hands developed.

Presentación del equipo UJI-Hand, para participar en Cybathlon.