Advancing Hand Wearable Robotics through novel design, actuation, sensing, and control algorithm

Abstract

Despite impressive advances in the design of hand wearable robots over the past 10 years, most hand wearable robot studies have concentrated on simply grasping and releasing objects. It seems evident to be a difference between a human hand and the hand wearable robots in the number of actuators and sensors; the hand wearable robots have only limited functions due to the restriction of the actuators and sensors. This is challenged by the trade-off between robot simplicity and functional benefit, as well as by difficulties in designing the high-level controllers (e.g., intention detection, grasp strategy, estimating human state, in-hand manipulation). This workshop aims to bring together engineers to discuss these topics, demo recent developments and identify ways to develop the next generation of hand wearable robots.

Distinguished Speakers

The organizers