A robotic hand design suitable for dexterity should be examined using functional tests. To achieve this, we designed a mechanical glove, which is a rigid wearable glove that enables us to develop the corresponding isomorphic robotic hand and evaluate its hardware properties. Subsequently, the effectiveness of multiple degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) was evaluated by human participants. Several fine motor skills were evaluated using the mechanical glove under two conditions: one- and three-DOF conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first extensive evaluation method for robotic hand designs suitable for dexterity. (This paper was peer-reviewed and is the full translation from the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.39, No.6, pp.557-560, 2021.)
@article{arxiv.2109.10501,
title = {Third-party Evaluation of Robotic Hand Designs Using a Mechanical Glove},
author = {Takayuki Kanai and Yoshiyuki Ohmura and Akihiko Nagakubo and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.10501},
year = {2021}
}